This is a new translation of Wincklemann's controversial writings on the early study of Herculaneum & Pompeii. This new translation brings to light the early days of scientific archaeology and the unearthing and study of Herculaneum and Pompeii as ob...

In 1907, more than a decade before the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, archaeologists unearthed remains from the mummification and funeral of the pharaoh, who ruled ancient Egypt in the 14th century B. C. Now in the collection of The Metropolitan Mu...