Roman house at Herculaneum reopens after 35 years
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October 24, 2019
One of the best preserved Roman houses at the Italian archaeological site of Herculaneum reopened on Wednesday after more than 35 years of restoration. The Bicentenary house, which contains stunning frescoes and mosaics, was discovered in 1938, but it was closed in 1983 as it began to fall apart. A revolutionary new technique has brought those exquisite paintings back to life.
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Thanks. I’ve been to Italy three times, but never to Pompeii or Herculaneum. I’ve been watching various vids about the ancient towns and would LOVE to go. Unfortunately, my wife has less than zero interest in history, ancient peoples, ancient cultures, so she won’t go with me. I’m thinking I need to spend a summer in Europe before it’s too late. I’d like to spend a lot of that time on genealogical expeditions to SW Germany around Cologne, East Yorkshire, and Danzig.
I’d also love to visit ancient sites in Turkey, the eastern Med, Egypt, Israel, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Iran, the Sinai, etc, but those are out of the question.