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Romanes Eunt Domus: Ancient Rome Comes to Google Earth
Romanes Eunt Domus: Ancient Rome Comes to Google Earth
For a lot of students, the history of ancient Rome is not exactly a gripping subject. Google, together with the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH) is trying to change this. Starting today, Google Earth will feature a new layer, ' Ancient Rome 3D ...
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youtube.com — See Rome as it looked in 320 AD and fly down to see famous buildings and monuments... in 3D. Select the "Ancient Rome 3D" layer under Gallery in Googl... (more) Discover Ancient Rome in Google Earth (video)
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earth.google.com — Download Google Earth 4.3 Open Google Earth and select "Ancient Rome 3D" in the Gallery layer In... the Ancient Rome 3D layer, you can: Fly into Rome as it looked in 320 A.D. Tour the interior of famous buildings. Visit the sites in 3D such as the Roman ... (more) Google Earth
 Roman history comes to life in Google Earth
Roman history comes to life in Google Earth
google-latlong.blogspot.com — Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 3:02 AM Were you someone who struggled to stay awake in ancient... history class? If so, perhaps this was due to those uninspiring "artist renditions" in your textbook. Reading countless pages that described how a ... (more) Roman history comes to life in Google Earth
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