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[Mike Fieschko]

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Another, earlier story about the Villa at Classical treasures threatened by Vesuvius.

[ClearCase_guy]

Very exciting. There are many ancient works which we know by name but which have never been found. It would be a great treat to find a play by Sophocles or a book by Aristotle. Or perhaps even something totally unsuspected. This is money well spent.

[ConservativeDude]

http://www.packhum.org/phi-info.html

Here is a link to a web site on the Packard Hum Institute. Their projects sound fantastic, including the Founding Fathers and the Bach stuff. This is what a humanities foundation ought to do! Though the support of "human rights in emerging democracies" could be a bit troubling...that could be code for the left wing social agenda. Hard to say but the other stuff, including this dig, sound awesome.

[FreedomCalls]

One of the travesties of both Pompeii and Herculaneum is the degradation of the already excavated areas. Those are threatened by exposure to the elements. Most are blocked off from public view because of the danger of collapse. I've always thought it would benefit all if portions of the already excavated areas were to be sealed off and covered in a material that would prevent further deterioration yet allow for easy excavation if needed in the future.

[Physicist]

Bibliopath ping.

[numberonepal]

It is hard to imagine anything more exciting than excavating at Herculaneum

I'm going to have to agree with that.

[cake_crumb]

This is exciting news, IMO. Thousands of manuscripts are only known of by rumor or reference. There are quite probably hundreds of texts previously thought lost to the destruction of the Library of Alexandria.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Mike. All, see keyword.

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[Wallace T.]

What I would find interesting is if there were evidence that the Romans or other Mediterranean peoples had knowledge of the Western Hemisphere. If this excavation uncovers a work like the Icelandic Eddas that recorded Viking visits to North America circa 1000 AD, the world of pre-Columban history will be turned upside down. Men like Barry Fell and Thor Heyerdahl will be exonerated and the mainstream historians' view of "no Europeans before Columbus (or the Vikings)" will be overturned.

[Guvmint_Cheese]

Unless lava did not actually enter the library, wouldn't anything written on parchment been burnt to cinders? I guess if there are stone tables, there might be a potential find, but outside of that, I can't imagine anything written to have survived a lava flow.

[blam]

Excellent.

Sounds like something I'd do if I had their money...except, I'd go in an get some dirt on my hands.

[Bohemund]

I sure hope they bring to light lost classical works. But if I recall correctly, they have already found one library and its contents in the villa; this excavation is being mounted in hopes of finding a second library there.

[Plutarch]

It is believed that there are thousands more scrolls in the building, much of which lies beneath the modern town of Ercolano, and that they may include lost works by Aristotle, Livy and Sappho.

Lots of maybes there. Maybe Geraldo can do a live shot of the library unearthing, like Capone's vault.

[SunkenCiv]

Missed this one too.

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[Doc Savage]

I borrowed a copy of Roman Whores and Aberrant Sex Practices of the Gods in 78AD and never returned it. I'm worried about my fine now!

[Babu]

Fascinating arcticle!

I've been to Herculaneum and Pompeii. I would say these are perhaps the most fascinating places I have ever visited. They have been excavating these two cities for 100 years, and it continues. I plan to take my wife there. I want to see it again myself.

[SunkenCiv]

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