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Title: Best book on Herculaneum
Review: Very few people know of the other Napolitan city that was destroy in 69AD by the eruption of Vesuvius and because of this there are few good books that have been written on Herculaneum. Deiss' book on Herculaneum is probably the cream of the crop and an essential one to any scholar or amateur classicist/archaeologist who is interested in the other little seaside city. Deiss provides a good overview of the difference between the destruction of Herculaneum and the destruction of Pompeii which had a great effect on the excavation of the cities. He also chronicles the discovery of Herculaneum which occurred before Pompeii and the birth of modern archaeology through that discovery.Deiss also gives a good overview of the town and what is know about it, the objects that were found there and how different buildings were used.Essential to anyone interested in Pompeii, Herculaneum or ancient Roman culture.
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