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House of the Skeleton

Roman house buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, Herculaneum, Naples
Place domus Q15617236
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Summary

House of the Skeleton is a domus[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ercolano[3]
  • Country: Italy[4]
  • Instance of: ancient Roman structure[5], archaeological site[6], roman ruins[7]
  • Part of: Herculaneum[8]
  • Commons category: Casa dello Scheletro (Herculaneum)[9]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[10], UTC+02:00[11]
  • Coordinate location: 40.8063, 14.3468[12]
  • Heritage designation: Italian national heritage[13]
  • Director of archaeological fieldwork: Amedeo Maiuri[14], Carlo Bonucci[15]
  • Street address: Insula III, 3, cardo III inf[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wiki loves monuments id → 0630645472
    Imported from → —
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/1yqccw57v
    Director of archaeological fieldwork → Amedeo Maiuri, Carlo Bonucci
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48886|batch #48886]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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