#I stood on the path looking over the town and tbh I almost wept

[prehistoric-megafauna]

It’s so hard to articulate just how excited I am about the Herculaneum papyri. Like, if you’ve ever been there it’s a place that feels so fucking eerie. It’s incredibly well preserved and I loved seeing everything, but I also had to step out early because I was feeling so emotional just being there. The fact that we are going to be able to experience this collection is mind blowing and also just another reminder of the frozen state of a ghost town.

#like there are second floors mostly intact there it’s incredible #I stood on the path looking over the town and tbh I almost wept #it’s just a place that inspires such incredible emotion I cannot wait to see what was this person’s library #text #classics #Herculaneum papyri