School children in their colorful native dress go to cultural sights in May

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Grassy area was the seashore of Herculaneum

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Herculaneum (lowest level) destroyed by ash from a volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Upper level (above the wall) is the Medieval city. Covered by a fall of ash it charred rather than destroyed wood

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Herculaneum with the Medieval town above

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Warehouses at the shoreline were the last refuges of people escaping the city. Unlike Pompeii, most people escaped, but not all.

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Warehouses at the shoreline were the last refuges of people escaping the city. Unlike Pompeii, most people escaped, but not all.

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Cardo III looking away from the Sea

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Shrine from the House of the Skeleton being restored

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Carved marble plaque inserted in the street side wall of a home

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Garden Niche in the House of the Skeleton

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Dionysus

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Street side fast food spot -Food was kept in earthenware amphoras

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Wash Basin in the Baths

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Neptune Mosaic in the Baths

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Divided shelves for holding bathers' clothing

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Plaque in the Basilica or College of the Augustales

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Fresco of the Welcome of Hercules into heaven with Minerva and Juno - Basilica

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College of the Augustales or Basilica - Municipal goverment center

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Fresco of Hercules with Achelos and Deianera - Basilica

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Original wood charred by the hot volcanic ash

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Decorated Ceiling

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Structures along the Decumanus Massimo

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Wall painting in the House of the two Atriums

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Advertisement for a shop preserved along the Decumanus

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Wall painting in the House of the two Atriums

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Atrium

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Triclinium in the House of the Black Painting

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View to a garden shrine from dining room

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Dining room decoration

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Wall painting in the House of the two Atriums

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Charred shutters

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Carving of Venus on a Fountain

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Second story rooms jutting over the street, still common in Europe

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Fountain in the Atrium of a house

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Funerary Altar of Nonius Balbus

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Sorrento from the Sea

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