A time machine, an invention that has inspired countless writers and has been the subject of many a Hollywood epic is now available to everyone with a computer.

Google Earth 3D Rome is the most complete simulation of ancient Rome in three dimensions. It will take you on a journey along the streets of late imperial Rome, whose plan is superimposed over images of Rome today on Google Earth.

The project was recently presented at Campidoglio among other venues and was based on the model of Rome housed at the Museum of Roman Civilization. The model depicts the Rome of Constantine in 320 AD and there are approximately 6,700 buildings and monuments visible in all their glorious detail.

As Rome’s vice mayor for tourism, Mauro Cutrufo declared the instrument potentially useful for increasing both the knowledge of and tourism in the city.
To see Ancient Rome in 3D click on the link below. http://earth.google.it/rome/