Explore Ancient Rome in 3D reconstruction without leaving home – 11/27/2023 – Tourism

Architecture enthusiasts and history lovers can explore the fabric of Ancient Rome without leaving home: a new 3D interactive reconstruction of the city is available on the website of Flyover Zone, an educational technology company. There are 12 temporal distortions, which allow you to switch between views of the current city to equivalent views in the 4th century.

The reconstruction allows viewers to be transported, remotely, to the heyday of the Roman Empire in 320 AD, shortly before the capital was transferred to Constantinople. Rome Reborn: Flight over Ancient Rome brings an immersive user experience when visiting the streets and iconic monuments of the time, such as the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Pantheon, when the city was one of the most populous on the European continent and housed around 7,000 buildings spread over 13.6 square kilometers.

The initiative, by professor and archaeologist Bernard Frischer, is the result of more than 27 years of international collaborative work and combines digital tools for research into local history and culture. In 1974, he visited the Museum of Roman Civilization while on scholarship and found a physical model representation of Ancient Rome. He later worked on drafting a computerized version.

As archaeological discoveries and other insights into the daily lives of 4th-century Romans emerge, the Flyover Zone team modifies Rome Reborn for a more complete view of the city. Version 4.0, the most recent update, is from November 2023 and receives a greater degree of realism, with new urban databases and recreations of monuments that were not yet present in previous versions: Baths of Caracalla, temples on the Capitoline Hill and structures in the theater district, such as the Stadium of Domitian (now Piazza Navona) and the theaters of Balbus, Marcellus and Pompey the Great.

The public can uncover the secrets of one of the most influential civilizations in history and understand more details of its cultural heritage for humanity. In 39 stops, Bernard Fischer presents explanations about Rome’s geography, economy, housing, urban infrastructure and spatial organization, as well as health care, recreational facilities and religious institutions.

Flyover Zone also offers 13 other virtual tours on the Yorescape.com platform – free for the first seven days –, including the Acropolis, in Greece, and the Tomb of Pharaoh Ramses 6th, in Egypt, with advanced computer graphics resources.