The Bell Curve of Life

 This area, adjacent to the boat houses along what was the beach, is so named because of the Marco Nonio Balbo statue found there. Balbo l...

 Just to the right of the Balbo statue are the one of the two baths found in Herculaneum so far: the Suburban Baths, shown in the backgrou...

 The first home we entered upon entering Herculaneum from the boat houses was the House of the Relief of Telephus. The relationship of thi...

 When Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 24 in the year 79, Herculaneum had a population of about 5000 according to most historians. Since t...

 After exiting the House of the Relief of Telephus, we were back on the main drag in  Herculaneum  again. The tunnel you see at the back o...

 One of the most famous homes in Herculaneum is the House of the Stags (HotS) also known as House of the Deer or Casa dei Cervi in Italian...