The Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum belonged to one of Julius C’s fathers in law at one time; by the time the place got buried it was in the same family I think (Piso) and had a library of scrolls, apparently filled with nothing but philosophy texts. Now there’s speculation that there’s another storey to the house, and that, perhaps, there’s another room filled with scrolls (hopefully a little more interesting). I’m a doubter, but it’s something else that we’re not going to find out for a long time.
Ideally, some really deep pockets would come along, pay to build an all-new town off the site of the ancient Herculaneum, move everyone into their new places, and then clear off the modern town to get at the ancient town in ernest. I’m not optimistic. :’)
Please keep these articles and information coming. I have found this stuff endlessly fascinating since I was a kid. I mean, a lifetime of reading about and seeing documentaries about Pompeii, and then I was standing there looking at it with my own eyes.