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Google Earth Recreates Ancient Rome

Posted by Soulskill on from the minus-the-gladiators dept.

thefickler writes "Google Earth now includes ancient Rome circa 320 AD, thanks to Google, the University of Virginia, and Past Perfect Productions working together to bring the historical city to life. Clicking on Ancient Rome in 3D, users can revisit Rome from a bygone era and view highly detailed reconstructions of 250 buildings, as well as 5,000 other lesser detailed buildings. 'Pop-up windows provide information on the monuments and visitors also can enter some of the most important sites, including the Senate and the Colosseum, to observe the architecture and marble decorations.'"

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  1. Re:First Post! by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would that be Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian??

    Dunno, It's all Greek to me...

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  2. Re:And thanks to one semi-autistic Google programm by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rome wasn't sacked in a day.

    Can I send in Visigoths from Second Life?

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  3. Is this wise? by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny

    What would happen if this tool fell into the use of the wrong hands? What if Barbarians were to get a hold of this information?

    1. Re:Is this wise? by FooAtWFU · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe they'd visit, and learn to shave or something....

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    2. Re:Is this wise? by e9th · · Score: 2, Funny

      You sound like a Carthaginian.

  4. No directions? by $0.02 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Never mind. All the roads lead to Rome anyway.

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    1. Re:No directions? by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 4, Funny

      No directions?

      Sure! Let's assume, like a majority of geeks, you're in SoCal...

      1. Build Time Machine (0 mi.)
      2. Travel Back to 320 AD (-0 mi.)
      3. Walk to the East Coast of the US (3782 mi.)
      4. Build boat (0 mi.)
      5. Paddle to Italy (4890 mi.)
      6. Head NE to Rome (45 mi.)

      See? That was easy!

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  5. Re:First Post! by danbert8 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ego operor ignoro est totus Cupiditas volo.

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  6. Re:First Post! by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 5, Funny

    And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I call Slashdot home. Never will you find a more perfect nexus of horrid punnery and sheer nerd-ism.

    You magnificent bastards...

  7. Re:First Post! by $0.02 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You just described an antisocial networking site.

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  8. Re:First Post! by PearsSoap · · Score: 2, Funny

    Never will you find a more perfect nexus of horrid punnery and sheer nerd-ism.

    Slashdot: you will never find a more wretched hive of nerds and punnery. We must be cautious. - Obi-Wan

  9. Paitence by Urger · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rome wasn't rendered in a day.

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  10. Re:History Goggle Earth by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 2, Funny

    Orbital Rastas.

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  11. Wow by sootman · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I thought the imagery in my area was out-of-date. :-)

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