Discover Ancient Rome with Google Earth

November 24, 2008 · Filed Under Archaeology, News 

Just found this article online and thought it would be of interest: you can look at ancient Rome and what it would have been like using Google Earth.

There is a side project called Rome Reborn 2.0 where there is an attempt ti digitize the ancient structures and byways of Rome – although the web site looks a little “underdone”.

In the meantime, check out this video explaining Google Earth’s project:

In order to for you to go back in time to ancient Rome, just go to Google Earth and download the player and fly around ancient Rome yourself!

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  1. The Ricard Academy - Be the Tech Savvy Teacher – For Free – Part II on August 7th, 2009 11:51 am

    [...] actually use it to look at geographic locations in certain parts of history as well. For example, Google Earth has an ancient Rome feature that allows you to fly around Ancient Rome with 3D buildings and [...]

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