Herculaneum

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Herculaneum
For the Italian commune, see Ercolano Herculaneum (in modern Italian Ercolano) is an ancient Roman town, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano. Its ruins can be found at the co-ordinates , in the Italian region of Campania.It is most famous for having been lost, along with Pompeii, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius beginning on August 24, AD 79, which buried Herculaneum in volcanic mud. Since the discovery of bones in 1981, some 150 skeletons have been found.
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Herculaneum
Noun
1. ancient city; now destroyed
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Italy, Italian Republic, Italia



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n. Herculaneum, ancient city in Italy

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