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Not many people know about Herculaneum, or Ercolano as it is in Italy, which I call the other Pompeii. Devastated at the same time of the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius, it was affected very differently. For one, being at the other side of the volcano, the wind did not rain down heavy pumice, and as a result many of its roofs are intact and much of the frescoes still vibrant.

The Other Pompeii: Life and Death In Herculaneum unravels a surprising story of resilience, courage and humanity, with the local population going to their deaths not in the apocalyptic orgy of sex and self-destruction often portrayed in Pompeii's popular myth, but, much more like the passengers of the Titanic,it seems that like their British counterparts, the ancient inhabitants of Herculaneum put women and children first.

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