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David Packard, son of the founder of the American multinational information technology Hewlett-Packard, is financing the restoration and maintenance of the archaeological site of Herculaneum for 15 years and has so far spent 16 million to save the excavations.
As we know, the masterpieces are on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, but many other extraordinary objects are there as well, including furniture and wooden objects that survived the eruption of 79 AD and even jewelry found on the skeletons of the people.
To save themselves from the eruption, they had taken refuge in the arches of the shelters for boats on what was once the city’s beach. These found objects are still looking for a home.
The museum of the treasures of Herculaneum can now stop being a dream of young Packard, and wi
The plan is to have a building with low environmental impact and landscape, with much of it underground and covered with vegetation, to be built next to the excavations.
The place should be next to an old building, one of the Pavilion of the boat, which will probably be demolished. At present, the project is missing just a few weeks.
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