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· Introduction
0:00 · thanks to the eruption of aus herculanum
0:02 · is one of the best preserved cities in
0:04 · the ancient world and it has so much
0:07 · wooden furniture in wooden constructions
0:09 · preserved that you never see until now
0:13 · we're going to explore some of the most
0:14 · amazing wooden objects from herculanum
0:17 · and from the ancient Roman
0:20 · World pyroclastic flows from vvus
0:24 · covered herculanum as deep as 25 M
0:29 · covering the shoreline changing it
0:31 · forever and covering the city and due to
0:35 · this level of preservation we have a lot
0:38 · of wood on site visible we see
0:41 · staircases preserved in carbonized
0:46 · Wood we see the reconstructions of
0:49 · multiple stories and the restorers in
0:51 · the 30s and 40s actually preserved a lot
0:54 · of that wood in the upper decks here are
0:56 · some beams of wood for the overhangs in
0:59 · front of shops and doorways lentil still
1:01 · in carbonized wood this is what makes
1:04 · herculanum so special as you walk into
1:07 · spaces you can look up and often times
1:09 · see the blackened stubs of Timbers that
1:12 · once extended to sustain floors on the
1:15 · upper
1:17 · stories but from this
1:20 · location some incredibly well preserved
1:25 · pieces of furniture are on display now
1:29 · they're from her lanium but they're in
1:31 · portii a nice pleasant walk down the
1:34 · street and a magnificent Palace I want
1:38 · to take you and show you some of the
1:39 · most amazing things you've ever seen
1:41 · that come from the ancient world what's
1:44 · so extraordinary about this is wood is
1:46 · rarely preserved we need special
1:48 · conditions to preserve the wood but here
1:50 · is an example we're going to see some
1:52 · things that don't exist anywhere else in
1:54 · the world from the time when herculanum
1:58 · is destroyed by vu
· Fabri
2:01 · first just a few words about the
2:02 · protagonists the unsung heroes of this
2:05 · story today the fabri the Carpenters and
2:09 · they had various associations colia we
2:13 · see first this image from a shop in
2:16 · Pompei and the second one is a marble
2:19 · relief from the association in charge of
2:23 · also taking care of the CT statue of
2:27 · Jupiter Opus Maximus on the capitaline
2:29 · hill we often times have these records
2:32 · in this case artistic depictions of the
2:35 · Carpenters but now we can see the
2:37 · handiwork of those Carpenters from these
2:40 · Works in herculanum we start off with
· small boat
2:43 · this small boat found in the western baz
2:46 · of herculanum and there are two
2:49 · interesting features so well preserved
2:51 · this is the painted straight prow with
2:54 · the red paint still visible and this
2:57 · other object is the vertical winch which
3:01 · was used to pull boats ashore now we
3:04 · turn to an extraordinary element made in
3:06 · Wood found from the house of the relief
3:09 · of Telos and we can see the modern roof
3:12 · that covers the room where the original
· Telephos relief wooden coffered ceiling (recently discovered)
3:15 · wooden roof was blown off into the sea
3:18 · by the eruption from
3:19 · Vesuvius from the excavation of 2009 and
3:23 · 2010 now we have a reconstruction of
3:26 · that wooden ceiling with vibrant colors
3:28 · and we see where the Reconstruction
3:30 · comes from this beautiful inlaid wooden
3:34 · coffered
3:35 · ceiling and we see some of those colors
3:38 · are still vibrant Egyptian blue and even
3:43 · red this was a great discovery and it's
3:47 · made of
3:48 · furwood it truly is something
3:51 · extraordinary recently discovered from
3:55 · herculanum here's a bed made of spruce
· bed, table, crib, bench
3:58 · wood with a headboard it was found in a
4:01 · shop in the orientalis 2 insula room
4:06 · number 10 and it is something
4:08 · extraordinary to see
4:11 · handcrafted with some elements of inlaid
4:14 · wood think about how rare this is It's a
4:18 · true standout from
4:20 · herculanum here's another Rarity from
4:22 · herculanum made of white fur and
4:25 · Rosewood we have the small table and
4:28 · what is so amazing amazing about this
4:30 · level of preservation is that we can
4:32 · quite clearly see here the inario we're
4:35 · used to seeing opct inario in Marble now
4:40 · here we have it with variety of woods
4:43 · here's an object of wood that looks like
4:44 · it was made yesterday made of oak this
4:47 · is a crib for a baby and it's found in
4:51 · the house of Marcus pilus peneus
4:53 · grananas and what is so sad about the
4:57 · story is in the room with the crib that
4:59 · were found five adult skeletons and the
5:02 · remains of the skeleton of a baby so we
5:05 · can imagine that all those people were
5:06 · once huddled in this room with this baby
5:10 · the child's room and ultimately they all
5:12 · met their fate and this was excavated
5:15 · between the 26th and 28th in March
5:19 · 1940 here's a bench it looks like it
5:22 · could have been made today it was found
5:24 · on the decanus Maximus of
5:26 · herculanum now we take a look at this
· Lararium shrines
5:29 · lurar
5:30 · Shrine made of wood with capitals of
5:33 · Luna marble painted red and it's made of
5:37 · fur and popler wood and we see how
5:40 · heavily carbonized the wood is and of
5:42 · course these have undergone years and
5:45 · years of restoration over the decades it
5:49 · was found in the house of the black room
5:52 · and we have a number of Idols that were
5:54 · worshiped on the left here we see a lar
5:57 · figure and on the right probably a
5:59 · genius of the house here's another
6:01 · stunning larium on top of a cabinet
6:04 · heavily restored at the base here this
6:06 · is found in the house of the wooden
6:10 · larium and what we have then is the
6:12 · coverage reconstructed but the items
6:14 · that were found in the archaeological
6:15 · site have been replaced inside like here
6:18 · in the larium the statuette of Hercules
6:21 · and a statuette of Isis Fortuna TK
6:23 · figure on the right this is something
6:26 · really to behold and to enjoy you have
6:29 · the left door still on its hinges and as
6:32 · we pivot up we'll be able to see some of
6:34 · the inlaid wood in the larian space This
6:38 · truly gives us an idea of the quality
6:42 · the craftsmanship available in the Roman
6:45 · World here we have two wooden figures
6:48 · the statuette of a male figure and on
· Idols, wax tablet, coin purses
6:51 · the right a female figure they come from
6:54 · two different locations but together
6:56 · they probably both had religious
6:58 · associations
7:00 · here we have from herculanum a precious
7:03 · remain of the wax tablet so you would
7:05 · have inserted within this wooden
7:06 · framework a layer of wax and you would
7:09 · write into it with your stylus pen here
7:12 · we have a wooden box that was used as a
7:15 · wallet and it was inlaid with bronze and
7:19 · silver and there's the pile of coins
7:21 · that were found next to it this was
7:24 · found in the possession of a deceased
7:25 · person waiting on the shore of hercula
7:28 · waiting to flee
7:30 · he didn't make it this is his treasure
7:32 · in his hand that he took with him as he
7:34 · tried to escape here's another wallet
7:37 · made of wood better preserved from the
7:40 · house of the two atriums and here we
7:42 · have carbonized wood in bronze you can
7:44 · see the mechanism for sliding open the
7:46 · top that still works and you have a
7:49 · number of coins one of them dates the
7:51 · time of
7:52 · espion now let's travel next door to
7:54 · herculanum to the Villa of the propiety
· Recent finds from the Villa of the Papiri (inlaid ivory); trunk
7:57 · famous for the carbonized propiety
7:58 · scroll
8:00 · here is a restoration of it excavations
8:02 · continued recently even in 2007 and
8:05 · that's where these were found beautiful
8:07 · remains of tables and tripods inlaid
8:11 · with Ivory so we can look at some of the
8:13 · details here's a dancing figure on top
8:16 · of a bucranium an ox skull with fillets
8:20 · so we have a lot of religious scenery
8:22 · here we have dionisis and a lot of
8:25 · disiac scenes This truly is
8:28 · extraordinary you see the layer of ivory
8:31 · on top of the skeletal framework in wood
8:35 · this is one of the great discoveries
8:37 · recently in the Villa of papy and here
8:40 · we have from the decom Manus Maximus a
8:44 · maple trunk with the hinges that still
8:47 · work back in herculanum you can go to
8:50 · many houses and still find a lot of
8:53 · artifacts made of carbonized wood it's
8:56 · always an adventure there's always
8:57 · something to discover in Hercules
8:59 · Millenium so just enjoy this site enjoy
9:03 · the history enjoy the cats on site it's
9:07 · all part of the
9:08 · experience thanks so much for watching
9:10 · we hope you enjoy this exhibit on the
9:13 · furniture of herculanum subscribe and
9:16 · follow along for more content on Ancient
9:18 · Rome and throughout the empire

Transcript
	·	Introduction
0:00	·	thanks to the eruption of aus herculanum
0:02	·	is one of the best preserved cities in
0:04	·	the ancient world and it has so much
0:07	·	wooden furniture in wooden constructions
0:09	·	preserved that you never see until now
0:13	·	we're going to explore some of the most
0:14	·	amazing wooden objects from herculanum
0:17	·	and from the ancient Roman
0:20	·	World pyroclastic flows from vvus
0:24	·	covered herculanum as deep as 25 M
0:29	·	covering the shoreline changing it
0:31	·	forever and covering the city and due to
0:35	·	this level of preservation we have a lot
0:38	·	of wood on site visible we see
0:41	·	staircases preserved in carbonized
0:46	·	Wood we see the reconstructions of
0:49	·	multiple stories and the restorers in
0:51	·	the 30s and 40s actually preserved a lot
0:54	·	of that wood in the upper decks here are
0:56	·	some beams of wood for the overhangs in
0:59	·	front of shops and doorways lentil still
1:01	·	in carbonized wood this is what makes
1:04	·	herculanum so special as you walk into
1:07	·	spaces you can look up and often times
1:09	·	see the blackened stubs of Timbers that
1:12	·	once extended to sustain floors on the
1:15	·	upper
1:17	·	stories but from this
1:20	·	location some incredibly well preserved
1:25	·	pieces of furniture are on display now
1:29	·	they're from her lanium but they're in
1:31	·	portii a nice pleasant walk down the
1:34	·	street and a magnificent Palace I want
1:38	·	to take you and show you some of the
1:39	·	most amazing things you've ever seen
1:41	·	that come from the ancient world what's
1:44	·	so extraordinary about this is wood is
1:46	·	rarely preserved we need special
1:48	·	conditions to preserve the wood but here
1:50	·	is an example we're going to see some
1:52	·	things that don't exist anywhere else in
1:54	·	the world from the time when herculanum
1:58	·	is destroyed by vu
	·	Fabri
2:01	·	first just a few words about the
2:02	·	protagonists the unsung heroes of this
2:05	·	story today the fabri the Carpenters and
2:09	·	they had various associations colia we
2:13	·	see first this image from a shop in
2:16	·	Pompei and the second one is a marble
2:19	·	relief from the association in charge of
2:23	·	also taking care of the CT statue of
2:27	·	Jupiter Opus Maximus on the capitaline
2:29	·	hill we often times have these records
2:32	·	in this case artistic depictions of the
2:35	·	Carpenters but now we can see the
2:37	·	handiwork of those Carpenters from these
2:40	·	Works in herculanum we start off with
	·	small boat
2:43	·	this small boat found in the western baz
2:46	·	of herculanum and there are two
2:49	·	interesting features so well preserved
2:51	·	this is the painted straight prow with
2:54	·	the red paint still visible and this
2:57	·	other object is the vertical winch which
3:01	·	was used to pull boats ashore now we
3:04	·	turn to an extraordinary element made in
3:06	·	Wood found from the house of the relief
3:09	·	of Telos and we can see the modern roof
3:12	·	that covers the room where the original
	·	Telephos relief wooden coffered ceiling (recently discovered)
3:15	·	wooden roof was blown off into the sea
3:18	·	by the eruption from
3:19	·	Vesuvius from the excavation of 2009 and
3:23	·	2010 now we have a reconstruction of
3:26	·	that wooden ceiling with vibrant colors
3:28	·	and we see where the Reconstruction
3:30	·	comes from this beautiful inlaid wooden
3:34	·	coffered
3:35	·	ceiling and we see some of those colors
3:38	·	are still vibrant Egyptian blue and even
3:43	·	red this was a great discovery and it's
3:47	·	made of
3:48	·	furwood it truly is something
3:51	·	extraordinary recently discovered from
3:55	·	herculanum here's a bed made of spruce
	·	bed, table, crib, bench
3:58	·	wood with a headboard it was found in a
4:01	·	shop in the orientalis 2 insula room
4:06	·	number 10 and it is something
4:08	·	extraordinary to see
4:11	·	handcrafted with some elements of inlaid
4:14	·	wood think about how rare this is It's a
4:18	·	true standout from
4:20	·	herculanum here's another Rarity from
4:22	·	herculanum made of white fur and
4:25	·	Rosewood we have the small table and
4:28	·	what is so amazing amazing about this
4:30	·	level of preservation is that we can
4:32	·	quite clearly see here the inario we're
4:35	·	used to seeing opct inario in Marble now
4:40	·	here we have it with variety of woods
4:43	·	here's an object of wood that looks like
4:44	·	it was made yesterday made of oak this
4:47	·	is a crib for a baby and it's found in
4:51	·	the house of Marcus pilus peneus
4:53	·	grananas and what is so sad about the
4:57	·	story is in the room with the crib that
4:59	·	were found five adult skeletons and the
5:02	·	remains of the skeleton of a baby so we
5:05	·	can imagine that all those people were
5:06	·	once huddled in this room with this baby
5:10	·	the child's room and ultimately they all
5:12	·	met their fate and this was excavated
5:15	·	between the 26th and 28th in March
5:19	·	1940 here's a bench it looks like it
5:22	·	could have been made today it was found
5:24	·	on the decanus Maximus of
5:26	·	herculanum now we take a look at this
	·	Lararium shrines
5:29	·	lurar
5:30	·	Shrine made of wood with capitals of
5:33	·	Luna marble painted red and it's made of
5:37	·	fur and popler wood and we see how
5:40	·	heavily carbonized the wood is and of
5:42	·	course these have undergone years and
5:45	·	years of restoration over the decades it
5:49	·	was found in the house of the black room
5:52	·	and we have a number of Idols that were
5:54	·	worshiped on the left here we see a lar
5:57	·	figure and on the right probably a
5:59	·	genius of the house here's another
6:01	·	stunning larium on top of a cabinet
6:04	·	heavily restored at the base here this
6:06	·	is found in the house of the wooden
6:10	·	larium and what we have then is the
6:12	·	coverage reconstructed but the items
6:14	·	that were found in the archaeological
6:15	·	site have been replaced inside like here
6:18	·	in the larium the statuette of Hercules
6:21	·	and a statuette of Isis Fortuna TK
6:23	·	figure on the right this is something
6:26	·	really to behold and to enjoy you have
6:29	·	the left door still on its hinges and as
6:32	·	we pivot up we'll be able to see some of
6:34	·	the inlaid wood in the larian space This
6:38	·	truly gives us an idea of the quality
6:42	·	the craftsmanship available in the Roman
6:45	·	World here we have two wooden figures
6:48	·	the statuette of a male figure and on
	·	Idols, wax tablet, coin purses
6:51	·	the right a female figure they come from
6:54	·	two different locations but together
6:56	·	they probably both had religious
6:58	·	associations
7:00	·	here we have from herculanum a precious
7:03	·	remain of the wax tablet so you would
7:05	·	have inserted within this wooden
7:06	·	framework a layer of wax and you would
7:09	·	write into it with your stylus pen here
7:12	·	we have a wooden box that was used as a
7:15	·	wallet and it was inlaid with bronze and
7:19	·	silver and there's the pile of coins
7:21	·	that were found next to it this was
7:24	·	found in the possession of a deceased
7:25	·	person waiting on the shore of hercula
7:28	·	waiting to flee
7:30	·	he didn't make it this is his treasure
7:32	·	in his hand that he took with him as he
7:34	·	tried to escape here's another wallet
7:37	·	made of wood better preserved from the
7:40	·	house of the two atriums and here we
7:42	·	have carbonized wood in bronze you can
7:44	·	see the mechanism for sliding open the
7:46	·	top that still works and you have a
7:49	·	number of coins one of them dates the
7:51	·	time of
7:52	·	espion now let's travel next door to
7:54	·	herculanum to the Villa of the propiety
	·	Recent finds from the Villa of the Papiri (inlaid ivory); trunk
7:57	·	famous for the carbonized propiety
7:58	·	scroll
8:00	·	here is a restoration of it excavations
8:02	·	continued recently even in 2007 and
8:05	·	that's where these were found beautiful
8:07	·	remains of tables and tripods inlaid
8:11	·	with Ivory so we can look at some of the
8:13	·	details here's a dancing figure on top
8:16	·	of a bucranium an ox skull with fillets
8:20	·	so we have a lot of religious scenery
8:22	·	here we have dionisis and a lot of
8:25	·	disiac scenes This truly is
8:28	·	extraordinary you see the layer of ivory
8:31	·	on top of the skeletal framework in wood
8:35	·	this is one of the great discoveries
8:37	·	recently in the Villa of papy and here
8:40	·	we have from the decom Manus Maximus a
8:44	·	maple trunk with the hinges that still
8:47	·	work back in herculanum you can go to
8:50	·	many houses and still find a lot of
8:53	·	artifacts made of carbonized wood it's
8:56	·	always an adventure there's always
8:57	·	something to discover in Hercules
8:59	·	Millenium so just enjoy this site enjoy
9:03	·	the history enjoy the cats on site it's
9:07	·	all part of the
9:08	·	experience thanks so much for watching
9:10	·	we hope you enjoy this exhibit on the
9:13	·	furniture of herculanum subscribe and
9:16	·	follow along for more content on Ancient
9:18	·	Rome and throughout the empire