Showing posts with label Ancient Rome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ancient Rome. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Ancient Rome becomes virtual

Computer experts on Monday unveiled a digital reproduction of ancient Rome as it appeared at the peak of its power in A.D. 320 - what they called the largest and most complete simulation of a historic city ever created.

Visitors to virtual Rome will be able to do even more than ancient Romans did: They can crawl through the bowels of the Colosseum, filled with lion cages and primitive elevators, and fly up for a detailed look at bas-reliefs and inscriptions atop triumphal arches.

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Doesn't that sound cool?. The things you can do with technology these days, extraordinarly scary.