Italy: 'Reconstructing Roma' in the digital world

Most of Rome's monuments - which attract many visitors - are ruined by time and pollution. However, the glorious days of this ancient empire city will resurrect brilliantly within computers.

Experts from all over the world announced they had completely simulated a historic city, recreating Rome at the peak of Roman empire.

Upon entering Rome, visitors will be able to do many things that the ancient Romans could not do: crawl through the Roman University's heart full of lions, go through the original elevators and soar to look at the pictures reliefs and inscriptions on the top of the triumphs.

Bernard Frischer, an expert from the University of Virginia and head of the project, said the simulation would recreate Rome in 320 AD, under Emperor Constantine.

The expert team rebuilt 7,000 buildings of a city with a population of 1 million. Using laser scanners today and with the advice of archaeologists, experts rebuilt almost the entire city within the city wall 21km long.

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They used the same computer programs that architects used to plan new constructions.

This $ 2 million " Reincarnated Roma " project, made over 10 years by archaeologists, architects and computer experts from Virginia UCLA University and research institutes at Italy, Germany and England.

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