Top reviews from the United States ... Very comprehensive work on a fascinating subject. ... Covers the geology, archaeology, behind the scenes aspects, ego issues ...

Herculaneum is an astonishing archaeological site, packed as it is with an abundance of highly detailed information on so many elements of Roman urban life.

Top reviews from the United States ... Very comprehensive work on a fascinating subject. ... Covers the geology, archaeology, behind the scenes aspects, ego issues ...

Herculaneum: Past and Future by Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew - ISBN 10: 0711231427 - ISBN 13: 9780711231429 - Frances Lincoln - 2011 - Hardcover.

Read 7 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. "One could hardly ask for a clearer, more comprehensive, and better illustrated guide to Her…

While Pompeii has been extensively chronicled, the remains of its sister city are less widely known. This study of Herculaneum is based on the latest excavation ...

The book draws on a decade's work with the Herculaneum Conservation Project which, thanks to the Packard Humanities Institute, has begun to reverse the neglect ...

Located between Naples and Pompeii, the town of Herculaneum was also destroyed by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. This sumptuously illustrated ...

86 ruins restored ruins restored 87 ... position of Herculaneum, 'set on a promontory that into a promontory with steep sides. ... forms one unbroken strip with ...