Buried by Vesuvius - The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum(English, Hardcover, Lapatin Kenneth)

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Buried by Vesuvius - The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum(English, Hardcover, Lapatin Kenneth) is written by Lapatin Kenneth and published by Getty Trust Publications. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1606065920 (ISBN 10) and 9781606065921 (ISBN 13).

The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum, the model for the Getty Villa in Malibu, is one of the world's earliest systematically investigated archaeological sites. Buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, the Villa dei Papiri was discovered in 1750 and excavated under the auspices of the Neapolitan court. Never fully unearthed, the site yielded spectacular coloured marble floors and mosaics, frescoed walls, the largest known ancient collection of bronze and marble statuary, intricately carved ivories and antiquity's only surviving library, with over a thousand charred papyrus scrolls. For more than two and a half centuries, the Villa dei Papiri and its contents have served as a wellspring of knowledge for archaeological science, art history, classics, papyrology and philosophy.'After Vesuvius: Treasures from the Villa dei Papiri' offers a sweeping yet in-depth view of all aspects of the site. Presenting the latest research, the essays in this authoritative and richly illustrated volume reveal the story of the Villa de Papiri's ancient inhabitants and modern explorers, providing readers with a multidimensional understanding of this fascinating site.