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The ruins of Herculaneum were unearthed in the early 18th century by workmen who were digging a foundation for a well. Located at the northwestern foot of Vesuvius, it was destroyed, together with Pompeii and Stabiae, by the eruption of ad 79.

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The ruins of Herculaneum were unearthed in the early 18th century by workmen who were digging a foundation for a well. Located at the northwestern foot of Vesuvius, it was destroyed, together with Pompeii and Stabiae, by the eruption of ad 79.