Herculaneum April 18, 2010
Posted by tiffany in : Naples , trackbackWe woke up to cloudy skies and a drizzle that lasted all day. But we wouldn’t let a little rain stop us, so we went to 
Herculaneum today. Apparently the free heritage week ends on the 25th of April, so we can go to all of these places for free (we plan on leaving on the 21st).
Herculaneum is very similar to Pompei, except it’s smaller and much more preserved. So much so that we were very surprised to see that some of the rooms still had the original ceilings with Fresco still on it! Some places had the original wooden door frames. There were two and three story buildings mostly intact. Most of t
he buildings were once homes that had eight rooms and they were very spacious (perhaps very high-end homes). It was definitely something to see and a bit better to do in the rain instead of Pompei, since Pompei doesn’t have much shelter.
There is still excavations being done under the city that is there today, since there is still some of Herculaneum that has not been tampered with yet. We got to go into a little of the tunneling that has been done so far. There was a neat sculpture inside the tunnel and not much else that was of interest.
We hope to be going to the Archeological museum in Napoli tomorrow to see all of the things (and people) they have discovered in the ruins. It may be closed since most of Italy is on Mondays. We shall see.
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