Saturday, December 6, 2008

Now I can see what ancient Rome looked like

A recent Google Friends Newsletter told me of Google Earth's new feature: views of Ancient Rome in the Late Empire Period (3rd and 4th Century). I tried it out this morning. Amazing! You can see where every building was and how the streets run. A wonderful toy.

Whatever next? Watching the Vikings burning and sacking an English village?

Ancient Rome

P.S. You can download Google Earth for free, a wonderful service.

2 comments:

Maria said...

How interesting! I had not heard of this feature. Thank you.

Biddie said...

Hi! I have google Earth but quickly get frustrated because it just doesn't do its thing well on a dialup connection. I did watch the U-tube video on the feature - can't wait 'til I get my faster connection in a couple of months!!!