Herculaneum

Herculaneum

Tapak Warisan Dunia UNESCO
Lokasi	, Ercolano , Itali
Koordinat	40°48′22″N 14°20′51″E
Kawasan
Termasuk
Kriteria	iii, iv, v
Rujukan	829
Inscription	1997 (21st Session)
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Herculaneum (Itali: Ercolano) merupakan runtuhnya bandar Rom kuno yang hancur akibat letusan gunung Vesuvius pada tahun 79 Masihi. Reruntuhan ini terdapat di region Campania.

Bandar ini terkenal kerana hilang bersama Pompeii, Stabiae dan Oplontis akibat letusan Gunung Vesuvius. Bandar-bandar tersebut terkubur dalam material piroklastik.

Rujukan

• National Geographic, Vol 162, No 6. Buried Roman Town Give Up Its Dead, (December, 1982)
• National Geographic, Vol 165, No 5. The Dead Do Tell Tales, (May, 1984)
• Discover, magazine, Vol 5, No 10. The Bone Lady (October, 1984)
• The Mayo Alumnus, Vol 19, No2. An Archaeologist's Preliminary Report: Time Warp at Herculaneum, (April, 1983)
• Carnegie Mellon Magazine, Vol 4, No 2. Bone Lady Reconstructs People at Herculaneum, Winter, 1985
• In the Shadow of Vesuvius National Geographic Special, (February 11, 1987)
• 30 years of National Geographic Special, (January 25, 1995)