Herculaneum

E89360

ancient Roman town archaeological site

Herculaneum is an ancient Roman town in Italy famously buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and now preserved as a major archaeological site.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Herculaneum canonical	18
Ercolano	7
Herculaneum archaeological site	2
ancient Roman town of Herculaneum	2
archaeological site of Herculaneum	2
Ercolano (municipality)	1
Vesuvian archaeological area	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Roman town ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
ancientLanguage	Latin ⓘ
ancientProvince	Italy ⓘ surface form: Italia
archaeologicalSignificance	exceptional preservation of organic materials ⓘ insight into daily life in a Roman seaside town ⓘ
burialDate	24 August 79 AD ⓘ
burialYear	79 AD ⓘ
buriedBy	eruption of Mount Vesuvius ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culture	Roman ⓘ
discoveredIn	18th century ⓘ
distanceFromVesuvius	approximately 7 km ⓘ
excavationMethod	open‑air excavation (modern) ⓘ tunneling (18th century) ⓘ
firstMajorExcavationsBy	Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
foundedInPeriod	4th century BC ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Italian national monument ⓘ
locatedIn	Campania ⓘ
locatedNear	Naples ⓘ
locatedOn	Gulf of Naples ⓘ surface form: Bay of Naples
management	Parco Archeologico di Ercolano ⓘ
modernMunicipality	Herculaneum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ercolano
modernName	Herculaneum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ercolano (municipality)
modernNameLanguage	Italian ⓘ
namedAfter	Heracles ⓘ
notableFind	carbonized papyri ⓘ human skeletons on the ancient shoreline ⓘ wooden furniture ⓘ
notableStructure	House of the Deer ⓘ House of the Mosaic Atrium ⓘ Suburban Baths ⓘ Villa of the Papyri ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
partOf	Bay of Naples archaeological area ⓘ surface form: Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
preservationType	carbonized organic materials ⓘ frescoes ⓘ mosaics ⓘ multi‑storey buildings ⓘ
primaryDestructionCause	pyroclastic surges ⓘ
regionInRomanTimes	Regio I Latium et Campania ⓘ
timePeriod	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
typeOfSettlement	seaside resort ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1997 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId	829 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteName	Bay of Naples archaeological area ⓘ surface form: Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

archaeological excavations at Herculaneum → location → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ercolano

archaeological excavations at Herculaneum → partOf → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: archaeological site of Herculaneum

archaeological excavations at Herculaneum → partOf → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vesuvian archaeological area

Campania → contains → Herculaneum ⓘ

Campania → knownFor → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herculaneum archaeological site

Vesuvius → destroyed → Herculaneum ⓘ

Vesuvius → nearbyTown → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ercolano

Portici → locatedNear → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ercolano

Portici → nearbyArchaeologicalSite → Herculaneum ⓘ

Gulf of Naples → near → Herculaneum ⓘ

Bourbon royal engineers → locationOfWork → Herculaneum ⓘ

National Archaeological Museum of Naples → significantCollectionFrom → Herculaneum ⓘ

Herculaneum → modernMunicipality → Herculaneum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ercolano

Herculaneum → modernName → Herculaneum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ercolano (municipality)

Metropolitan City of Naples → containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ercolano

Sorrentine Coast → hasNearbyAttraction → Herculaneum ⓘ

Circumvesuviana railway → connects → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ercolano

Philodemus → residence → Herculaneum ⓘ

Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct) → endPoint → Herculaneum ⓘ

Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct) → supplied → Herculaneum ⓘ

Vesuvius National Park → nearbyAttraction → Herculaneum ⓘ

Boscoreale → hasNearbySite → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herculaneum archaeological site

Province of Naples (historical) → contained → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ercolano

Bay of Naples archaeological area → containsSite → Herculaneum ⓘ

Bay of Naples archaeological area → hasMajorCity → Herculaneum ⓘ

Regio I Latium et Campania → contains → Herculaneum ⓘ

Regio I Latium et Campania → hasCity → Herculaneum ⓘ

Villa of the Papyri → locatedIn → Herculaneum ⓘ

House of the Mosaic Atrium → partOf → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: archaeological site of Herculaneum

House of the Mosaic Atrium → partOf → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Roman town of Herculaneum

Parco Archeologico di Ercolano → preserves → Herculaneum ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Roman town of Herculaneum