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Herculaneum Uncovered - A conversation with Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

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In 79 CE Mount Vesuvius erupted, launching torrents of gas, rock and ash on the unsuspecting cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, swiftly obliterating them both.

But the ironies of history have changed this unprecedented natural disaster into a precious archaeological treasure, as the sites have become, as Andrew Wallace-Hadrill puts it, "two eyes": two uniquely complementary windows on what life in the first century Roman world was really like.

Wallace-Hadrill is a world-renowned expert in both Herculaneum and Pompeii and his irrepressible passion for his subject shines through immediately, as does his insistence of the mounting need to act now to protect both Pompeii and Herculaneum for future generations.

We sat down with Andrew in The Museum of Classical Archeology at the University of Cambridge to discuss Herculaneum, Pompeii, the politics of excavation and life in the ancient Roman world.

Language: English

Pages: 39

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Ideas Roadshow

Release: November 10, 2013

Herculaneum Uncovered - A conversation with Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

4.4/5 ( ratings)

In 79 CE Mount Vesuvius erupted, launching torrents of gas, rock and ash on the unsuspecting cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, swiftly obliterating them both.

But the ironies of history have changed this unprecedented natural disaster into a precious archaeological treasure, as the sites have become, as Andrew Wallace-Hadrill puts it, "two eyes": two uniquely complementary windows on what life in the first century Roman world was really like.

Wallace-Hadrill is a world-renowned expert in both Herculaneum and Pompeii and his irrepressible passion for his subject shines through immediately, as does his insistence of the mounting need to act now to protect both Pompeii and Herculaneum for future generations.

We sat down with Andrew in The Museum of Classical Archeology at the University of Cambridge to discuss Herculaneum, Pompeii, the politics of excavation and life in the ancient Roman world.

Language: English

Pages: 39

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Ideas Roadshow

Release: November 10, 2013

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