Herculaneum soldier

[Robert Vermaat]

Well Christy (and Jasper of course), maybe you'll find out more in a few days, when the exhibition opens in Nijmegen:

[size=150:240e0o3f]Herculaneum’s final hours [/size]
Destroyed by Mount Vesuvius, 24 August 79’
1 December 2006 - 18 March 2007

Some two thousand years ago the greatest natural disaster of antiquity took place in Italy.
On 24 August 79 Pompeii and Herculaneum, Roman towns on the idyllic Gulf of Naples, were destroyed by a massive eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Within a few hours all life in the surrounding areas was wiped out.
Herculaneum is largely unknown and has been overshadowed by the tourist attraction of Pompeii. However, the discoveries made in Herculaneum are unique and sensational. For the first time ever the greatest art treasures from this Roman town can be admired outside of Italy. Alongside great artworks one can also see a variety of everyday items as well as skeletons of the disaster’s victims. The exhibition tells of the unprecedented riches of Herculaneum and brings one face to face with the human dimension of the disaster.
‘Herculaneum’s final hours. Destroyed by Mount Vesuvius, 24 August 79’ has been travelling through Germany since May 2005 and has already attracted about five hundreds of thousands of visitors. The last stop is Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen, the Netherlands’ oldest and most important Roman town. At least 75,000 visitors are expected in Nijmegen, making it a new top exhibition for the museum after its success with the Limbourg Brothers exposition in 2005.
The exhibition takes place in Nijmegen from 1 December 2006 to 18 March 2007