» For the Italian commune, see Ercolano Herculaneum (in modern Italian Ercolano) is an ancient Roman town, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano. Its ruins can be found at the co-ordinates, in the Italian region of Campania. It is most famous for having been lost, along with Pompeii, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius beginning on August 24, 79 CE, which buried them in superheated pyroclastic material that has solidified into volcanic tuff. Since the discovery of bones in 1… (More on Herculaneum)