Herculaneum South-east corner. Ancient shoreline and arched vaults or boatsheds
Ercolano. Angolo sud-est. Antica
spiaggia e fornici o barchetti
Herculaneum Entrance and views across terrace Terrace of Marcus Nonius Balbus Suburban Baths, atrium and surrounding rooms Suburban Baths, Waiting room, Frigidarium and Tepidarium Suburban Baths Caldarium Sacred Area Terrace Shrine of Venus Temple of four Gods Terrace north-west corner Ancient shoreline, arched vaults or boatsheds Building with boat exhibition
Herculaneum, September 2015. Steps down to the beachfront from the terrace level.
Looking
north-west across beachfront towards “boatsheds”, under the Sacred Area. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Looking
towards boatsheds on west (left) side of steps up to Terrace of Nonius Balbus. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Herculaneum, September 2021. Looking north-west across beachfront
towards “boatsheds”. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Herculaneum August 2021.
Looking towards
“boatsheds” on west side of steps, and below the Sacred Area. Photo courtesy of
Robert Hanson.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015.
Looking west along the area of the beachfront and six of the twelve “boatsheds”, found under the terrace of the Sacred Area.
“Since the 1980’s the ancient shoreline, coinciding with the southern side of the archaeological site, has been explored leading to the discovery of the boat-houses, the skeletons of the victims, the large wooden boat and the collapsed portico (pronaos) of the Temple of Venus (Sacellum B).
The resin casts of the skeletons found in the boat-houses, finally placed in situ at the end of 2011, now give visitors a vivid image of the last, painful moments of their lives.”
See Guidobaldi, M.P. and Esposito, D. (2013). Herculaneum: Art of the Buried City. U.S.A, Abbeville Press, (p.21-26).
Herculaneum May 2018.
Looking towards “boatsheds” on west side of steps, and up to the top of the town from the beachfront. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Herculaneum, March 2014. Looking towards
“boatsheds” on west side of steps, and up to the top of the town from the
beachfront.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Looking towards “boatsheds” on west side of steps, and below the Sacred Area. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Herculaneum
March 2014. Looking west along the line of boatsheds.
Foto Annette
Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Herculaneum May 2009. Looking towards “boatsheds”, found under the terrace of the Sacred Area. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2007.
Looking west along six of the twelve “boatsheds”, found under the terrace of the Sacred Area. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Boatshed 1, lower and upper level.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Boatshed 1.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2018. Boatshed 1. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2018. Boatshed 1, fugitives. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2018. Boatshed 1, detail of some of the skeletons of fugitives. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Boatshed 2.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2014. Boatshed 2. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2014. Boatshed 2. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail from Boatshed 2. Photo
courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail from Boatshed 2. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2018. Boatshed 2. Photo
courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.
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Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2018. Detail from Boatshed 2. Photo
courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.
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Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail from Boatshed 2. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail from Boatshed 2. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail from Boatshed 2. Photo
courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, August
2021.
Looking
towards doorways to Boatshed 2, on right, and 3, on left. Photo courtesy of
Robert Hanson.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Boatshed 3.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2014. Boatshed 3. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Boatshed 3. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2014. Boatshed 3. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail from Boatshed 3, on west
side (left). Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail from Boatshed 3, east side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail from Boatshed 3, east
side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Boatshed 4.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2014. Boatshed 4. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Boatshed 4. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2014. Boatshed 4. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Boatshed 5.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2014. Boatshed 5. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2018. Boatshed 5. Photo courtesy of
Ian Lycett-King.
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Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Boatshed 5. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2014. Boatshed 5. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2014. Boatshed 6 (on left) and 5. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Boatshed 6.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2018. Detail from Boatshed 6. Photo
courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.
Use is subject to Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2014. Boatshed 6. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail from Boatshed 6. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Boatshed 6. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, July 2007. Detail from boatsheds.
Photo courtesy of Jennifer Stephens. ©jfs2007_HERC-SKEL-8609.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, July 2007. Small passageway/storeroom, on left, and Boatshed 6, on right.
Photo courtesy of Jennifer Stephens. ©jfs2007_HERC-8627.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, July 2007. Boatshed 6, looking towards west wall.
Photo courtesy of Jennifer Stephens. ©jfs2007_HERC-8611.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, July 2007. Doorway to small passageway/storeroom.
Photo courtesy of Jennifer Stephens. ©jfs2007_HERC-8628.
Herculaneum, Beachfront, September
2021. Looking west along the beachfront. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Herculaneum, October
2023. Looking west along the beachfront. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Herculaneum, Beachfront, August
2021. Looking west along the beachfront. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
Herculaneum, Beachfront, March 2014. Looking west along the boathouses on the beachfront.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking west along the beachfront.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking east to steps and along the line of boatsheds.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, October 2023.
Looking towards six boatsheds were found on the east of the
steps, up to the Terrace of Marcus Nonius Balbus. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking east from steps, along the line of boatsheds.
Another six boatsheds were found towards the east, under the Terrace of Marcus Nonius Balbus.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking east along the beachfront and line of boatsheds towards the Suburban Baths. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, March 2014. Looking east.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Beachfront, Herculaneum, March 2014. Looking east
from steps, along the line of boatsheds.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Beachfront, Herculaneum, June 2012. Looking east towards window of the Suburban Baths. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, March 2014. Looking
north-east along line of boatsheds towards windows of the Suburban Baths.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Beachfront, Herculaneum, April 2011.
Looking north-east along line of boatsheds towards window of the Suburban Baths. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beachfront,
Herculaneum, March
2014. Looking east.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Beachfront, Herculaneum, June 2012. Looking east. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, May 2007.
Looking east along the line of boatsheds towards beachfront area below Suburban Baths, where the boat was found in 1982.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, September 2016.
Clump of bronze coins fused together by the heat of the eruption, found on the ancient beachfront. Now in deposits. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, June 2012. Boat found on 3rd August 1982 on the ancient beachfront.
The boat is about 10 metres in length and is now on display in its own Boat Exhibit, with other artefacts. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, June 2019. Anchor with lead anchor stock,
found in the sea in front of the seashore.
Now on display with the boat exhibit. Photo courtesy of Buzz
Ferebee.
Herculaneum, photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking across area of beachfront, with Sacred Area on left, and Terrace of Marcus Nonius Balbus and Suburban Baths, on right.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum, photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking east along area of beachfront, below the Sacred
Area. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.
Herculaneum, April 2011.
Looking east from access bridge towards lower rooms of Casa dell’Albergo (III.1/2/18/19), on left, and area of the beachfront.
The boatsheds at the beachfront can also be reached by a ramp across the area, leading from a tunnel in the solidified ash.
Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Herculaneum, photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking east along depth of solidified ash on south side of beachfront, with tunnel exit in centre left. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum, August 2021.
Depth of solidified ash on south side of beachfront, with tunnel
exit on lower left. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
Herculaneum, photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Tunnel exit/entrance through solidified ash on south side of beachfront. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Ramp in tunnel leading to/from the area of
the beachfront. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Water below the beachfront. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking north from exit tunnel towards boatsheds and steps to Terrace of Nonius Balbus.
Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking north from exit tunnel across bridge across beachfront area towards boatsheds and steps to terrace of Balbus.
Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Beachfront,
Herculaneum, March 2014. Looking north from beachfront towards steps to the
terrace of Balbus, above.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Herculaneum, September 2015. Stairs up to the terrace of Balbus, from the beachfront.
Herculaneum Entrance and views across terrace Terrace of Marcus Nonius Balbus Suburban Baths, atrium and surrounding rooms Suburban Baths, Waiting room, Frigidarium and Tepidarium Suburban Baths Caldarium Sacred Area Terrace Shrine of Venus Temple of four Gods Terrace north-west corner Ancient shoreline, arched vaults or boatsheds Building with boat exhibition