Well this past week, Google pushed out new improved Ancient Rome 3D models where the models have been simplified a great deal. I haven't seen an announcement yet, but I found out last week the models were much better. ...

I believe that this is a statue of Gaius Marius - Rome's greatest general, the new Romulus, the new Camillus, third Founder of Rome. [Ancient images looted from around the web. Photos of 21st century Commanders-in-Chief (and the ...

Rome has been called the most beautiful city in Italy and standing on the Ponte Sisto, looking down the length of the Tiber towards the ancient Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian, topped with its statue of St. Michael the Archangel, ...

Ancient Rome 3D in Google Earth When Google introduced the new Ancient Rome 3D layer last month there was a problem. The problem was the building models were derived from very complex data and the resulting 3D models in Google Earth ...

Saturnalia is a celebration of the Winter Solstice that occurred in ancient pagan Rome. Saturnalia was celebrated in honor of the god of agriculture, who was named Saturn. During the time of Saturnalia, the entire Roman empire is in a ...

We took a little tour through the Colosseum (only because it let us skip over the entrance line) and then went to see the ancient forum. We stopped to admire many different piazzas on our way to the magnificent Trevi fountain. ...

In response to the growing popularity of these locations, tour companies are now providing special Rome tours which specifically cover the sites visited by Robert Langdon in the book. These places include St. Maria’s del Popolo Church, ...

Look at the bottom of the description in the placemark bubble for "Download Terrain and 3D Building models of Ancient Rome". Below that, click on "Ancient Terrain (Load First)". This loads the terrain from ancient rome and hides the ...

After visiting The Coliseum, make your way across the street to The Roman Forum (Foro Romano) which was the civic center of Ancient Rome. It is here that the political, economic and religious activities occurred. ...

Unchecking the “GE_DTM_final.unop.kmz” item under the “Places” pane, and checking one or both of the other two locations will display a perspective of the ancient city that appears quite significantly above ground level, due to tectonic ...