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The Lost Library of Herculaneum: The Race to Read the Ancient World’s Greatest Untouched Treasure

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Documentary

A two-part docuseries about the Herculaneum scrolls, a collection of more than 1,800 ancient papyri carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

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W. Brent Seales

Self

Federica Nicolardi

Self

The Lost Library of Herculaneum: The Race to Read the Ancient World’s Greatest Untouched Treasure

Faces behind the story

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