Villa of the Papyri

The Villa of the Papyri was an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum (modern Ercolano), southern Italy. It is named after its unique library of papyri scrolls, discovered in 1750 [1]. The Villa was considered one of the most luxurious houses in Herculaneum and the Roman world, renowned for its exquisite architecture [1]. It housed an extensive collection of frescoes, bronzes and marble sculpture, constituting the largest collection of Greek and Roman sculptures ever discovered in a single context [1].