Two-storey Building, Herculaneum

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Mark Cartwright
by Elliot Brown
published on 08 October 2019
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A two-storey building at Herculaneum. The town was buried under ash and lava following th eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. It is very rare for upper stories of Roman buildings with their wooden elements to survive.

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