Edward M Krupa Photography

Herculaneum Papyri

Fragments of text thought to be by Epicurean writer and philosopher Philodemus, in a roll buried and carbonized in the library of a villa at Herculaneum in AD 79 at the eruption of Vesuvius. .This image is quite maniplated to get some good detail and to make it more interesting.

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Image Size: 3694x2462 / 13.0MB; Vesuvius philosophical Hellenistic Scrolls villa Papyrus reconstruction history roll science Philodemus Project Papyri Greek writings Philodemus eruption Epicurean Ancient AD 79 carbonized library Roman text Fragments Herculaneum
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Fragments of text thought to be by Epicurean writer and philosopher Philodemus, in a roll buried and carbonized in the library of a villa at Herculaneum in AD 79 at the eruption of Vesuvius. .This image is quite maniplated to get some good detail and to make it more interesting.