Herculaneum (ancient city)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Herculaneum_(ancient_city)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite	gptkb:Herculaneum_Archaeological_Park
gptkbp:burialPlace	pyroclastic flows
gptkbp:culture	gptkb:Roman
gptkbp:destroyedBy	79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius
gptkbp:excavatedBy	18th century
gptkbp:excavationDirector	gptkb:Giuseppe_Fiorelli gptkb:August_Mau gptkb:Michele_Ruggiero gptkb:Karl_Jakob_Weber gptkb:Amedeo_Maiuri gptkb:Carlo_Weber gptkb:Wilhelm_Henzen Antonio Sogliano Francesco La Vega Giuseppe Maggi Matteo Della Corte Vittorio Spinazzola
gptkbp:foundedIn	6th century BC
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Roman_Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Herculaneum (ancient city)
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Villa_of_the_Papyri well-preserved buildings carbonized scrolls
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Italy gptkb:Campania
gptkbp:locatedNear	gptkb:Naples
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Hercules
gptkbp:nearestCity	gptkb:Stabiae gptkb:Pompeii gptkb:Oplontis
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Central_Baths gptkb:College_of_the_Augustales gptkb:House_of_the_Deer gptkb:House_of_the_Mosaic_Atrium gptkb:House_of_the_Relief_of_Telephus gptkb:Palaestra gptkb:Suburban_Baths gptkb:Villa_of_the_Papyri Samnite House
gptkbp:notableFinds	gptkb:frescoes human skeletons carbonized food carbonized wooden furniture papyri scrolls
gptkbp:populationAtDestruction	estimated 4,000-5,000
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	gptkb:Archaeological_Areas_of_Pompeii,_Herculaneum_and_Torre_Annunziata
gptkbp:website	gptkb:Ercolano
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Herculaneum,_Missouri gptkb:Herculaneum_Pottery
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8