The discovery of an ancient library.(The Library of the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum)(Book review) From: Architectural Science Review | Date: March 1, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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The Library of the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum, by David Sider. Getty Publications, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles GA 90049-1682, 2005. 128 pp., 82 ill., index. Price: $US 40.00.

It is well-known that an eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the city of Pompeii in 79 AD. The smaller nearby town of Herculaneum, now a suburb of Naples, was buried by the same eruption, but not by the same volcanic material. Pompeii was buried by lava which burned all ...

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