The Getty Villa is modeled on the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum. Buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, the ancient villa was rediscovered and explored by subterranean tunnels in the 1750s and '60s and was partially re-excavated in the 1990s and early 2000s. It has yielded colorful marble and mosaic floors, frescoed walls, a large collection of bronze and marble statuary, and a unique library of more than a thousand papyrus scrolls. This exhibition presents many of the most spectacular finds and examines attempts to unroll and decipher the carbonized papyri.
Open 10am –5pm*
Closed Tuesdays
*Closing at 3 pm on August 28 and September 4, 2019
The Getty Villa
17985 Pacific Coast Highway
Pacific Palisades, CA
34.0458857, -118.5648608
Buried by Vesuvius: Treasures from the Villa dei Papiri
