Herculaneum: Italy's Buried Treasure

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ISBN-10:: 0892361646
ISBN-13:: 9780892361649
Pub. Date:: 09/28/1989
Publisher:: Getty Publications

ISBN-10:: 0892361646
ISBN-13:: 9780892361649
Pub. Date:: 09/28/1989
Publisher:: Getty Publications

Herculaneum: Italy's Buried Treasure

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A vivid portrayal of life in Pompeii's sister city, this book includes a detailed description of the ancient Villa dei Papiri, on which the present Getty Museum in Malibu is modeled.

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ISBN-13:	9780892361649
Publisher:	Getty Publications
Publication date:	09/28/1989
Series:	Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum Series
Edition description:	2
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

	Preface to the Revised Edition	ix
	Foreword to the Revised Edition	x
	Preface to the First Edition	xiii
	Chronology: Period of Herculaneum	xiv
I	Life of a Roman Town	1
II	Origins and Legends	5
III	Death of a Roman Town	10
IV	The Long Sleep, and Resurrection	24
V	Treasure Revealed--The Great Dig	32
VI	House of the Rich Patricians	40
VII	Roman Luxury--The Villa of the Papyri	60
VIII	Houses of the "Poor" Patricians	83
IX	Story of a Roman Lawsuit	98
X	Houses of the Middle Class	103
XI	The Plebs--Houses and Shops	114
XII	The Baths--Everybody's Club	133
XIII	Sports--The Palaestra	149
XIV	The Basilica--A Roman Courthouse	154
XV	Curtain Time--The Theater	167
XVI	Main Street and the Forum Area	182
XVII	The Dead Reveal Their Lives	189
XVIII	Antiquity's Treasure Troves	197
	A Note of Thanks	211
	Bibliography	212
	Index	217

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