House of the Skeleton
archaeological site · 1 AD – 2100 AD
The so-called "The House of the Skeleton" at Herculaneum is a Roman domus that owes its name to the discovery of a human skeleton during excavations. Carlo Bonucci initially explored it between 1830 and 1831. Amedeo Maiuri completed the excavation in 1927.
- Coordinates
- 40.80620, 14.34679
- Also known as
- Casa dello Scheletro (it), Casa dello Scheletro (it)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)