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Pompeii's Lost Twin: Herculaneum

Lost Treasures of Rome

Season 1Episode 6Aired 2022-07-01
Pompeii's Lost Twin: Herculaneum

Pompeii's Lost Twin: Herculaneum

The deadly volcanic eruption that buried Pompeii in AD79 also claimed another victim: Herculaneum. Positioned closer to the Vesuvius crater, this seaside town was covered in ash five times as thick as Pompeii, yet miraculously is even better preserved. Now, the discovery of an intact skeleton here, the first excavated in 25 years, helps investigators piece together the final hours of Herculaneum and unravel why Vesuvius stuck so violently here.