🏛️ Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata: Villa dei Papiri (Herculaneum)

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Italy Europe

Villa dei Papiri is a Roman villa library in Herculaneum, Italy that preserves the only intact library archive from the ancient world. The site was buried and sealed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, and the villa was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997 ...