Herculaneum and Pompeii were both buried under the same eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Pompeii was buried under lava and the inhabitants were killed by poisonous gases while Herculaneum was buried under a mud of ash and dirt so it had many more textiles and organic material that the lack of oxygen helped preserve. Street 3, 4 and 5 and excavated and forms part of a grid of streets that are about 3 stories below the level of the current town of Erculano, street 1,2 and 3 are under the town.
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