Herculaneum to unearth ancient beach buried for nearly 2,000 years
28 Jan, 2021
Archaeologists to dig down to ancient Roman beach buried in 79 AD.
Herculaneum, the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, is to begin excavating its hidden beach for the first time in 40 years.
Excavation works are to commence shortly at the Antica Spiaggia area, already partially excavated in the 1980s, announced the director of the Herculaneum archaeological park, Francesco Sirano.
During the last dig along the ancient shoreline, from 1980-1982, archaeologists discovered dozens of skeletons, including the famed Ring Lady, named for the rings on her fingers.