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Herculaneum Ruins: Better than Pompeii?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ม.ค. 2020
- Herculaneum is the wealthier, smaller sister city to Pompeii. Its houses are bigger, mosaics are cooler, and the ruins are more intact. Get your tickets in advance here: www.getyourguide.com/archaeol...
Explore Herculaneum with us to see everything in this beautiful seaside town, including some 2000-year-old wooden beams!
If you'd like to see our experience in Pompeii, watch this video: • Pompeii Ruins Travel G...
Herculaneum is much smaller than Pompeii, and it's laid out on a grid with only seven blocks to explore, so it's easy to see everything. You can walk the entire length of the city in just a few minutes, but each block is packed with amazing houses and structures to explore, so you can see it all quickly or take your time wandering and looking at every little detail.
Herculaneum is also closer to Naples than Pompeii, making it a better choice for a quick day-trip if you want to see ruins but also want to spend time exploring Naples or eating pizza (see our video about the best pizza in Naples here: • The Best Pizza in Napl... ).
We visited too many ruins to include them all in this list, but here are timestamps for some of the major highlights in Herculaneum:
0:28 - Casa del Salone Nero (House of the Black Hall)
1:01 - Sede degli Augustali (College of the Augustales) - with 2000-yr old wooden beams!!
1:45 - Herculaneum history: Mount Vesuvius eruption and how it was different from Pompeii
3:05 - Casa dei Cervi (House of the Deer) - with the drunken Hercules statue
3:50 - Casa del Bel Cortile (House of Beautiful Courtyard)
4:13 - Casa di Nettuno e Anfitrite (House of Neptune and Amphitrite)
4:28 - Casa Sannitica (Samnite House)
4:50 - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno (House of the Wooden Partition)
5:13 - Casa dell'Atrio a Mosaico (House of the Mosaic Atrium)
5:33 - Casa dello Scheletro (House of the Skeleton)
5:44 - Thermopolium (Hot food stand)
6:04 - Terme Maschili e Femminili (Men's and Women's Baths)
6:45 - Casa d'Argo (House of Argus)
7:05 - Casa dei Due Atri (House of the Double Atrium)
8:14 - Fornici (Shoreline Vaults) - where about 300 skeletons were found
8:55 - Visitor Center - with many artifacts and household goods from Herculaneum
9:48 - Herculaneum review and comparison to Pompeii
10:16 - The future of Herculaneum (they're still excavating!)
Thanks for watching! If you have any questions about visiting the Herculaneum Archaeological Park or Naples or traveling with a baby/toddler, ask us in the comments. We answer everything!
-Brian and Isa
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Thank you for this great video! I found this by accident actually, I'm moving to Herculaneum, Missouri and I was looking for videos about the town when I stumbled across this. My wife and I are looking for places to vacation once this pandemic is over and I think I may have found a great place to go thanks to you! Keep up the great videos!
That's funny. When I was researching this trip, I actually found Herculaneum, MO, and I learned a lot about it, too. :)
Just drove through that town in Missouri and decided to search the word on TH-cam. 😄
I'm going to have to check out both places. I'm just sitting in my room with my space heater, watching uploads. 🚀 🌌 🔥 Thanks for the upload. 🙏 Love and light from Gore, Oklahoma.♥️🕯️
Wow, I had never heard of these ruins what a cool place.
Yeah, we didn't know about them either until we were in Naples and looking at what day trips are available. So glad we went! -Brian
The thing is people should have never gone thru that we no today doctors and and law and study may have prevented looking around in space has helped the question is why did that happen.
Wow, this is amazing! Thank you for sharing. I also really like how you provided history and details along with some of the exhibits!
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.
All I can say is WOW, oh WOW that place is amazing. I will be listing this on my things to do. Thanks for such a wonderful look into an amazing place!
You're welcome, and yes, definitely add it to your list. Such an amazing place to visit!
Hello PLP family....this is so impressive...what a lovely alternative ultra-crowded & touristy ruins...you guys give out a calming & positive vibe....Isa looks a lot like the actress Pheobe Cates...love your channel! 😎
Hi Cynthia! Thanks for your comments-so nice of you! It's funny - I actually was never told I looked like Phoebe Cates until about 5 years ago. Now it's the doppelganger I hear most often! Thank you :) -Isa
This is great! Thanks!!!! And you two are really simpatici!
You're welcome, and grazie! :)
Awesome perspective .. thanks for sharing!
You're welcome. Thanks so much for watching!
Amazing! Thanks guys!
Thank you! Glad you liked it. :) -Brian
Great video! Herculaneum looks fantastic. I hope I'll get to visit one day! Also, (Brian?) you've got an adorable wife, you're a lucky dude.
Thank you so much! And I also hope you can get out there to visit one day.
I can’t wait to visit! Soon as Covid is over I’m going for a weekend break. Your wife is beautiful by the way! Great video thanks! Xx
Thanks so much! Hopefully Covid ends sooner than later so you can go see this amazing place. Take care!
Oh Brian, I just love these videos. We have watched your Pompeii video 3 times and now this, wow thanks. Pompeii or Herculaneum? Mmmmmmmm, we really can't decide, like you say visit both. Kai and Isa seem to like Herculaneum better. Can't wait for the next vlog. Thanks...
I tend to lean toward Herculaneum as well, mainly just because I really liked having access to everything. Those locked doors in Pompeii were really frustrating. -Brian
I really enjoyed your tour of Herculano, congratulations to the beautiful couple and their baby. bye..
Aww, thank you so much. 🥰
Oh, I hoped you visited Herculaneum as me and my husband enjoyed it more than Pompei. It is better preserved and helped me imagine how people lived back then.
Yeah, so crazy that even food and furniture survived! So much easier to imagine life when you learn about those little everyday kinda things. -Brian
having been to both, i must say, ercolano is much better than pompeii, the videos and photos will never do justice to how incredible the whole city is, you really get a feel for how these people lived and the context of how they lived. what fascinated me most was by how much the shoreline had moved, since it was formally a seaside town, just the distance that the shoreline has moved is staggering, great video!
Yeah, that distance to the new shoreline is really crazy. So hard to wrap my head around how volcanoes can just reshape the land.
excellent video! Can't wait to visit there next time i visit italy!
Thanks so much! Definitely worth a stop.
Yaaay! I’m so glad you went there too!
It was amazing!
Thank you for your video. I had no idea! :D
You're welcome! Hopefully you can visit it in person sometime.
Have subscribed as this is great!
Hi Stephanie! Thanks for the support and welcome to our little family. :) -Brian
Thanks Brian! I have read books but so pleased to see the 'real' places (we can't travel) so a big Thankyou!
Great video! I visited Herculaneum in May 2016 and found it to be a much more enjoyable visit than Pompeii. It looks like they may have opened some additional areas between the time I was there and when you visited.
Good to hear they're opening more things. We're hoping to go back in a few years to see even more.
Super interesting stuff, I didn’t even know other cities got buried other than Pompeii.
How has Kai’s walking gotten? Super excited to see him walking last video!
Yeah, there are even more than these two, also! Next time we go back, we heard a lot of people recommend Stabiae. We also want to visit Torre Annunziata, since that's on the list of UNESCO sites with Pompeii and Herculaneum. So much to see!
And Kai is running now. And he's learning words! Whenever he runs, he repeats, "so fast, so fast, so fast." :)
Thanks great to visit with you
Thanks for watching, Simon.
very interesting video, and you are really a charming couple!
Aw, thank you so much. 🥰
Great video 👍
I’ve been to both towns many times. Herculaneum is so wonderfully preserved. I still prefer Pompeii. It’s such a large site you can wander there all day and get lost. If you do go to Pompeii try to enter at the quieter amphitheater entrance then slowly make your way down towards the forum.
Thanks for the tip. I think that's what we ended up doing, thinking that was the best way to see everything in Pompeii. Foolish us, thinking we could possibly see everything in one visit!
Good essential short videos ❤
Glad you enjoy them. :)
It's so erie to see all of those skeletons, it takes it out of the text book and makes it so real. Great video!
Thank you. I agree. I never liked history in school, but learning about it in person makes it so much more engaging and interesting.
Returning to Rome in 2 weeks, last time (10 years ago) we only had time for Pompeii. this time we'll go see Herculaneum. Can't wait!!!
So excited for you. Have fun on your trip!!
You two make a great travel video. So fascinating to walk thru and see everything and learn about it. Cheers
Thanks so much, Lou.
History will grab you and wake you up, you two are great. Shake you up.
Yeah, we love learning about the history of places we visit. It helps make you appreciate what they went through and also what we have today. -Brian
Herculaneum! Unbelievable! It is so beautiful but I'm glad that we were able to hear the birdies because without the birdies it would have been much more solemn I think. I see where Hercules gets his name. Anyway moving on, I think this place is just beautiful I don't even have words, and that's a first for me. It seems more clean, more new, just more of everything then you showed us from Pompeii. Obviously both are very tragic and the thought of there even being more under excavation... There is no telling what they're going to find. I love that you can find all the original tiling in the wood . It is quite astonishing that it is not right of the way by this time, but I understand the process and why it stayed intact. But the beautiful mosaics I just it's just beautiful . Thank you for sharing. Naturally I will have to go back and watch it again. And I'm not trying to be all mushy gushy but I would never have seen things like this without your TH-cam channel. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless and take care of that baby! He really does like to vocalize doesn't he? What a cutie! Looking forward to next time.
We hadn't noticed the cleanliness, but that's true. I think just because there are fewer tourists, it makes it easier to keep clean. It is much better preserved because the excavation process was so much more difficult than in Pompeii. And that helped to keep it from being looted, too, so we have a lot more of the statues, reliefs, and art. So excited to see what else they unearth! Thanks so much for your support, Denise! Always a pleasure to see you here in the comments. :) -Brian
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Very interesting and informative . Such a beautiful place to visit must be awesome to see and touch the walls and letting your imagination go about what it was of being there when the volcano 🌋 erupted!
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Yeah, it was really easy to imagine what life would have been like, especially when you see the street food vendors, shops, and normal houses. It's amazing how similar they were to us, even 2000 years ago! -Brian
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You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Hey, what month did you visit? It doesn't seem very busy!
Thank you and....what a beautiful child! thank you.
Aww, thank you so much! 🤗
Thanks for sharing this! I'll be heading to Italy next week and I'll be doing an overnight stay on the Amalfi Coast and doing a stop at Pompeii. I thought that I was fully set on visiting Pompeii but after seeing this video, I'm re-thinking my decision to maybe visit Herculaneum instead. I know both sites are well worth the visit but I also know Pompeii is much bigger and more ground to cover and I'll only have 2hrs to really spare. As for Herculaneum, would you say that one can just do a self-guided tour or would a tour guide be more helpful or needed?
If you only have two hours, I agree - do Herculaneum. You'd have to go back to Pompeii anyway because in 2 hours you'd barely scratch the surface. As for a Tour Guide, they're always nice because they can point out details and share interesting stories and history, so that may help you go faster instead of reading all the signs. But there are plenty of "self-guided walking tours" online that you can read and prepare beforehand if you want to save money. A tour guide definitely isn't needed.
what I loved about herculaneum was its never really busy,not like pompei , and there is more to see
Totally different experience, for sure.
I think as an experience, if you had to pick only one, Herculaneum wins hands down. So much is so well preserved and in such a compact area. But you can't really go to Herculaneum and not go to Pompeii! Also the Necropolis outside Pompeii at dusk is the most magical place I have every been. Cheers! CCCP
Thanks for the tip about the Necropolis at sunset. We'll definitely check it out after covid ends and we can travel again.
i have always preferred herculaneum to pompeii to visit as its quieter and more to see
Totally agree. It's just hard to not go to Pompeii if you could only do one, if nothing else just to say you've been there.
Hello, can anyone tell me how long it takes to get from Herculaneum site to Piazza Plebiscito? Looking for the “bus” route information. Please and thank you.
I preferred to go Herculaneum rather than pompei..and never regret that decision..good video and well done..
Thank you!!
Greenwich??? I’m was born there and lived there for almost 40 years. Where are you guys from?? Great video! New subscriber!
Oh yeah? That's awesome. I grew up in West Haven, CT. Isa is from Alaska. Welcome to our little community!
It's SO WORRISOME that people can enter such place and (apparently) randomly explore the site unsupervised and even touch (and deface) ruins if so inclined. A place that is almost 2000 y.o. Obviously Italy have so much of such antique treasures they seem to not know what they are neglecting. Preservation stopped when being exposed, now decay is inevitable; best they should do is try their best to slow the process (ideally protect it better but hey).
Yeah, I'm torn. On one hand, I hope they keep it open because I really appreciate being able to explore on my own and get close to ruins and ancient artifacts. As a responsible tourist, I love that freedom. On the other hand, some people do take advantage of that freedom and vandalize and steal, making it less amazing for future visitors. So I understand when they block off certain areas too.
I've had to pull friends away from Pompeii to visit Herculaneum, whereupon they understand why.
We get it, too. You're a good friend. :)
@ 06:18 the tiled floor of the women's bath is a phallic symbol. I wonder why?
I didn't see a phallic symbol, unless you're referring to whatever Triton is holding in his left hand. But now that you bring it up, I do think it's odd that they chose Triton for the floor of the women's bath and not Amphitrite, the goddess of the sea. Choosing a female goddess seems like it would have been more appropriate.
Tysm for sharing!!! Im going to try and talk my fiance into visiting here w me!
I hope you can make it out there. Such a cool place to explore!
Timber frame buildings way before the medieval period. That's cool 😎
Yeah, I'm always impressed at how advanced earlier civilizations were.
Just come back from there are you are spot and what a great place, its just a pity on 20% has been excavated! The skeletons in the boat yard make you feel very sad indeed!
Yeah, I can't wait to go back in 10 years or so and see what else they've uncovered.
The wood is mostly carbonized through the great heat
Oh, interesting.
I like your "secular" description of Herculaneum, BUT, the skylight did not have to collect water. If you watch the official archaeological video, it had Roman aqueducts that flowed continually through the systems of Herculaneum, split into three main inlets, 1) the baths, 2) the homes and 3) the public fountains, etc. ;o) Other than that, the lady is a little more believable than the man whom seems just "overwhelmed" at what he is seeing. Really can't blame him much. What you see there is just flat-out amazing.
Oh, and one other note to the gentleman, Hercules was ... relieving himself ... not playing.
It is amazing that ash preserved everything. Probably did that to the skeletons, too. If they hadn’t die like they did and would have decomposed all time ago.
Yeah, I don't understand the science behind any of this, but it's such a fascinating place!
It's allegedly over 2000 years, but evidence is now showing that it was more than likely much more recent -- according to history maps from dating 1200 - late 1600's show that Pompeii and Herculaneum were still standing and we're accessible as a flourishing city.
Oh, that's interesting. We hadn't heard that.
Great video. Slow down your shots though. Too fast to absorb info. Thank you though.
Thanks so much for the feedback! I appreciate it.
Amazing that knowing i will probably never visit but be able to see it on screen. 🎉
Thanks for watching! Happy to share it with you.
Thanks God it was not destroyed by an EQ and we can see it!
Right?! What a tragedy it would be to lose this gem.
ME: imagining the horrifying scenes of hot gas and realizing that the people of Herculaneum got baked and buried, essentially, while the Pompeiians got suffocated, then burned, and then buried.
MEANWHILE: cheesy, upbeat, promotional-sounding music. ♪♫
Seeing the skeletons was crazy. To think those were people that were alive
Yeah, that part really made this experience real.
It is not crazy it is was life
True.
8:20 it’s not real ,the real ones are in the museum,what you see now is a plaster .
I meant, "this is real" as in "this brings it to life and hits you that something truly tragic happened here." It's easy to wander the town and feel like it's just an abandoned town that was buried by the volcano, but the skeletons there makes you remember that it all happened so fast and it helps you put yourself in their situation.
Herculaneum was a city of free slaves ,example, a slave who works in Pompei and after many years his master would set him free ,he would go and live in Herculaneum,and most people who slides in Herculaneum were from the Middle East,cause Herculaneum was a port city
That's interesting. I didn't realize that.
You look like me!
Hey Doppelgänger! :)
Wow, it's so strange to someone who looks like me. We could be brothers!!
Actually they have stopped excavating because there is not enough money to protect everything already excavated.
Oh, interesting. Well I suppose that's a good thing then. The things they haven't excavated will remain protected forever. -Brian
The wood is carbonized
Not petrified? Whoops. 😬 Thanks for the correction!
And so much of it is still buried by the modern city.
herculaneum is definitely better than pompeii
Yeah, we enjoyed it more as well.
Herculano decian que era mas grande que Pompeya , lamentablemente no se puede excavar mas de Herculano por falta de dinero del gobierno italiano.
El dinero es parte de ello, pero honestamente, la mayor parte de la ciudad antigua está enterrada bajo la ciudad actual, por lo que es extremadamente difícil de excavar. Primero tendrías que echar a la gente de sus casas.
Too dumbed down for educated adult viewing.
This wasn't meant to be an educational video. It's an overview of Herculaneum so people can compare it to Pompeii, to help them make a decision on whether or not they want to travel there.
It's not a documentary, you pompous oaf.
@billiandpech Lol...why would you come to a vlogger's video looking for a full educational teaching on Herculaneum!?!? This guy is only sharing his experience from his visit and what he knows or might have learned. If you had higher expectations, then maybe you should head over to the National Geographic channel..lol. Geesh...lol