From the Telegraph: Lost glories of Pompeii revealed for the first time.
Many of Pompeii's greatest archaeological finds are to be put on public display for the first time.
The celebrated Villa of the Papyri will open its doors for the first time next month while a major exhibition will show the best objects unearthed from the villa and the Pompeii area.
The villa, one of the most important and evocative ancient sites in Italy, was the rambling, stately retreat in Herculaneum of Julius Caesar's father-in-law, Lucius Calpurnius Piso.
Stumbled upon in 1752, it was then only partially excavated, when 1,800 papyrus scrolls of classical works, statues and artefacts, were found. It then fell into neglect.
Much of the villa's 30,000 square-foot area has yet to be uncovered. Scholars believe it may conceal a second library, containing lost works such as the missing volumes of Livy's History of Rome. [continue]
How did the Villa of the Papyri get into this state?
The unknown treasures of the Villa of the Papyri
Ancient Herculaneum
Hunt for Treasures of villa buried by Vesuvius
Herculaneum Papyri Photos
Herculaneum (some photos)