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HERCULANEUM. THE CITY OF VESUVIUS The first monograph in Spanish by an history professor. Much of the Roman city is under modern Ercolano, a suburb located much closer to Naples than Pompeii. It is an immense square of about two hectares (5 acres) and 25 meters of rock hardened by the centuries. This has allowed materials to be preserved, such as wood, practically unique for remains from the ancient world. Today, Herculaneum is, in the words the director of the site, “an open-air archaeological laboratory,” which can still offer many surprises, such as the corpses on the beach. Herculaneum, the Roman city destroyed by Vesuvius that still hides its mysteries | El Pais