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  • Petrified Ash: Archaeological Tragedy of the Herculaneum Papyri

    Scrolls, Eruptions, and the Carbonized Roman Literature in the Bay of Naples, 79

    by Douglas Cuevas ...
    The greatest library of the ancient world was not burned by invading armies; it was flash-fried by a volcano, perfectly preserving the philosophical thoughts of an empire inside lumps of black charcoal. When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, the catastrophic pyroclastic surge hit the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, subjecting the library to extreme, instantaneous heat. The intense thermal blast ... Read more

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