The theater of Herculaneum and the origins of archaeology [videorecording] / [lecture by] Christopher Parslow ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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The theater of Herculaneum and the origins of archaeology [videorecording] / [lecture by] Christopher Parslow ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Christopher Parslow, professor of classical studies at Wesleyan University and author of Rediscovering antiquity: Karl Weber and the excavation of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae, surveys the successes and failures of the early excavations of the cities buried by Mt. Vesuvius. The rediscovery of the buried theater at Herculaneum in 1738 played a pivotal role in the history of archaeology. Its fully preserved remains promised sensational sculptural finds like the Herculaneum Women and the potential to illustrate aspects of ancient theater design.

1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 70 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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