Papyri From Herculaneum
The Herculaneum papyri are more than 1,800 Papyrus, papyri found in the Herculaneum Villa of the Papyri, in the 18th century, Carbonization, carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79, in AD 79. The papyri, containing a number of Greek Philosophy, Greek philosophical texts, come from the only surviving library from antiquity that exists in its entirety.Interview with Daniel Delattre: the Herculaneum scrolls given to Consul Bonaparte (2010), Napoleon.org
As many as 44 of the works discovered were written by the Epicureanism, Epicurean philosopher and poet Philodemus.

Discovery

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Herculaneum Papyrus 1425
Herculaneum (; Neapolitan and it, Ercolano) was an ancient town, located in the modern-day ''comune'' of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Like the nearby city of Pompeii, Herculaneum is famous as one of the few ancient cities to be preserved nearly intact, as the ash that blanketed the town protected it against looting and elements. Although less known than Pompeii today, it was the first, and the only discovered buried Vesuvian city (in 1709) for a long time. Pompeii was revealed only in 1748 and identified in 1763. Unlike Pompeii, the mainly pyroclastic material that covered Herculaneum carbonized and preserved more wood in objects such as roofs, beds, and doors, as well as other organic-based materials such as food and papyrus. According to the traditional tale, the city was rediscovered by chance in 1709, during the drilling of a well. Remnants of the city, however, were already fo ...
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