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Out of the ashes : recovering the lost library of Herculaneum / produced in association with Biblioteca Nazionale "Vittorio Emanuele III", the Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts, Capware Tecnologie per la Cultura ; produced, written and directed by Julie Walker ; a KBYU/BYU Television production.

Widescreen format.

[Provo, Utah] : BYU Creative Works, ©2003.

1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

"When the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 A.D., it not only froze an ancient civilization, it also preserved the only surviving library from antiquity. For 250 years, scholars have struggled to unroll and read a collection of 1,800 carbonized and crumbling papyrus scrolls found in the wealthy Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. In the 21st century, promising new multi-spectral imaging technologies (enlisted by the National Library in Naples and Brigham Young University) reveal text that has not been seen for 2,000 years. As archaeologists examine the partially excavated Villa of the Papyri, a new question emerges: Is there another library still buried at Herculaneum?"--Container.

Piso Caesoninus, Lucius Calpurnius -- Library.

Villa of the Papyri (Herculaneum)

Private libraries -- Italy -- Herculaneum (Extinct city)

Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) -- Italy -- Herculaneum (Extinct city)

Documentary films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Walker, Julie, director.

Shurian, Scott.

Biblioteca nazionale (Naples, Italy)

Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts.

Capware Tecnologie per la Cultura (Firm)

KBYU-TV (Television station : Provo, Utah)

BYU Television (Provo, Utah)

BYU Creative Works (Firm)

Recovering the lost library of Herculaneum

Originally produced for public television in 2003.

Special features: brief commentaries by classical scholars (Gianluca Del Mastro, Marcello Gigante, The Herculaneum Society, David Armstrong, Catherine Atherton, Antonio De Simone, Richard Janko); slide show (18 images, photographed by Mark Philbrick).

Director of photography, Brian Wilcox ; editor, Christopher Rawson ; music composer, Sam Cardon ; content specialist, Roger T. Macfarlane.

English narration, Scott Shurian.

DVD; 5.1 surround sound.

Narration in English or Italian; optional subtitles in English or Italian.

Closed-captioned.

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