In my humble opinion, Herculaneum brought a very different experience that Pompeii couldn’t match.
Though Pompeii was larger and had more sites, the large number of tourists made it harder to appreciate the desolation and despair that must have been felt on the day Vesuvius erupted. Herculaneum, being less famous and thus less crowded, had a very eerie vibe. Some buildings still had roofs, full frescos on the wall, and even sculptures. It was as if some buildings were frozen in time, not any different than they were two thousand years ago.
The only things missing were the people. But anyone wondering about that had only to look at the lower most level of the site (the docks), where the skeletons of those who didn’t escape still lay. Although the path to the site of the bones had been blocked, even from a distance it was easy to distinguish the positions of desperation of each skeleton.
Despite how long ago these people died in the eruption, there was still something very human about their skeletons. You could almost feel their pain and anguish in their last moments of living. However long ago they lived, these people lived and died with the same emotions we feel today.
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