# Sider 2005: The Library of the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum

> David Sider, 2005. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Background on the excavation, the contents of the opened rolls and the villa's ownership.

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# The Library of the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum

David Sider, 2005. _J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles_.

A short scholarly account of the villa, its excavation in the eighteenth century, the attempts to open the rolls, the authors and works recovered, and the case for further papyri in the unexcavated parts of the villa.

**Herculaneum Papyri and the Vesuvius Challenge** Bookdoi: **[10.1108/00242530610682245](https://doi.org/10.1108/00242530610682245)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Background on the excavation, the contents of the opened rolls and the villa's ownership.

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[A larger library, including much Latin literature, remains in unexcavated parts of the villa, so the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/answers/ANS0D3682AR246X/a-larger-library-including-much-latin-literature-remains-in)

Answer

ANS

[The sealed rolls mirror the opened ones; they are mainly Philodemus and other Epicurean works.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/answers/ANS0D3680VW464H/the-sealed-rolls-mirror-the-opened-ones-they-are-mainly)

Answer

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[Latin works are present among the opened rolls, and parts of the villa have never been excavated.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/evidence/EVD0D3682JJ51AS/latin-works-are-present-among-the-opened-rolls-and-parts-of)

Evidence

EVD

[The library's opened rolls include Philodemus's works that discuss and criticise other schools.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/evidence/EVD0D3684H26HDH/the-librarys-opened-rolls-include-philodemuss-works-that)

Evidence

EVD

[Tunnelling of the Villa dei Papiri begins and the library is found](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/events/EVT0D367SHG2AX3/tunnelling-of-the-villa-dei-papiri-begins-and-the-library-is)

EVT

[Philodemus of Gadara](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/people/FIG0D367RJ80W82/philodemus-of-gadara)

FIG

[The Herculaneum Papyri and the Vesuvius Challenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri)

The mystery article

MYS

[What do the still-sealed rolls contain?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/questions/QST0D367VZM0NNS/what-do-the-still-sealed-rolls-contain)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Sider, D. (2005). The Library of the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242530610682245
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**SRC** 0D367MDE7175

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29 Oct 2026, for editors

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