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HERCULANEUM TOUR WITH AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING ARCHAEOLOGIST
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THREE-HOUR VISIT OF HERCULANEUM WITH A A REAL ARCHAEOLOGIST:
DURATION: |
3 hours |
PRICE: | EUROS 290 |
AVAILABILITY: | All-year-round |
| An English-speaking REAL ARCHAEOLOGIST at your disposal for 3 hours ENTRANCE FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED
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Meeting with a REAL ARCHAEOLOGIST by the ticket office of Herculaneum ruins.
This private tour of Herculaneum ruins will last 3 hours and will be led by an exceptional guide, a REAL ARCHAEOLOGIST with first-hand knowledge of the excavations and history of this ancient city.
Herculaneum was founded, according to tradition, by Hercules. Like Pompeii the Roman town was buried during the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius. Numerous craftsmen and many rich and cultured patricians were drawn to the resort of Herculaneum because of its beautiful setting, overlooking the Bay of Naples. In 1997 Herculaneum was included in UNESCO’s World heritage List.
Herculaneum is broadly divided into five sections which are delineated by the two main streets (decumani) and three other thoroughfares (cardi). The town has various examples of different types of dwellings, all of which were overwhelmed by the sea of mud seeped into every nook.
The particular interest of a visit to Herculaneum is that all timber structures (frameworks, beams, doors, stairs and partitions) were preserved by a hard shell of solidified mud, whereas at Pompeii they were consumed by fire. The houses were empty, but death caught up with the inhabitants as they tried to flee the city or make for the sea.
In 1997 Herculaneum was included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Of course this private guided tour can be customized to your needs and requests. Entrance tickets are NOT included but there is NO NEED to reserve it in advance as our archaeologist will help you buy entrance tickets when you arrive at the meeting point.
THIS TOUR WILL OPERATE RAIN OR SHINE, SO BE PREPARED FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THIS THREE-HOUR EXCURSION IN HERCULANEUM RUINS COSTS EUROS 290. THE ENTRANCE FEE IS NOT INCLUDED.
HAVE A GREAT PRIVATE EXCURSION FROM THE PORT OF NAPLES TO NAPLES CENTER, POMPEII, SORRENTO AND AMALFI COAST IN ONE DAY AT A REASONABLE PRICE !!!
Why do not you arrange with us an amazing day in the Gulf of Naples - a private tour (just for you) with a comfortable limousine or minivan with driver and an English-speaking tour guide? We have organized for you a great guided tour to Naples-Pompeii-Sorrento-Amalfi Coast (Positano). Contact us by e-mail info@pompeii.org.uk for further info.
POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
This large building (approx. 2,700 sq.m.) was created by joining two residential complexes which covered an area nearly equal to that of the whole insula.
The house can be entered both from Via dell’Abbondanza and from Via Stabiana. It is arranged around two atria and three peristyle, and its name derives from a bronze statue of Apollo playing the lyre (today in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples).
Magnificent paintings and bronze portraits of famous personalities also found in it and are now on shown in the same museum.
As is inferred from electoral propaganda and a number of graffiti, it belonged to the Popidius family.
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 2, 1, 6) Ingredients:
- Cooked, shelled prawns (the original recipe uses scallops, but you can use and seafood)
- Pinch of pepper
- Liquamen (or soya sauce)
- Egg, beaten
- Cooked spelt
- Flour
- Salt
- Black pepper to taste
Instructions:
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Mash the peeled prawns in a bowl. Add the pepper, Liquamen, cooked spelt and the beaten eggs. Mix well and shape into patties. Roll in seasoned flour and fly gently in oil until browned on both sides.
FORBIDDEN POMPEII: IMAGES AND NEWS
Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.