Herculaneum papyrus gives information about Plato’s burial place
Researchers have found evidence of Plato’s burial place in a charred Herculaneum papyrus containing the History of the Academy of Philodemus of Gadara (after 110-40 BC), discovered in the town of Herculaneum near Naples. Plato (428/348 BC) was one of the most important philosophers of Ancient Greece. A student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle,