02.14.2005 11:01

More on the Villa of the Papyri: dig funded


David W. Packard, son of H-P's co-founder, is backing excavation of the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, a site which may have thousands of ancient scrolls, perhaps including 'lost works by Aristotle, Livy and Sappho' (Millionaire to fund dig for lost Roman library in The Times of London).

I previously blogged about the Villa at "Can you see anything?" ... "Yes, wonderful things."

HT again to Rare Book News blog, at H-P Computer Guy to Fund Dig for Lost Roman Library.