| 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 |
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