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Ancient city of Pompeii added to Google Street View
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| Friday, December 4, 2009
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Posted on 12/04/2009 6:52:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Google has added Pompeii to its Street View application, allowing internet users to take a 360-degree virtual tour of the ancient Roman city.
Italy's culture ministry says it hopes the move will boost tourism to the site, state news agency Ansa reports.
Among the ruins visible on the search engine's free mapping service are the town's statues, temples and theatres.
The city was buried in ash after Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79 and was not discovered until the 18th Century.
The volcanic debris preserved many of the city's buildings, frescos, silverware, mosaics and other artefacts.
"Giving people a chance to take a virtual stroll through Pompeii will give an extraordinary boost to Italian tourism," Ansa quoted Mario Resca of the culture ministry's heritage promotion department as saying.
The Google Maps service, launched in 2007, provides panoramic street-level views of more than 100 cities around the world.
It also includes the ancient heritage site of Stonehenge.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; godsgravesglyphs; google; pompeii; romanempire
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12/04/2009 6:52:21 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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Roman week on GGG, looks like...
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12/04/2009 6:53:02 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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12/04/2009 6:53:53 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Neat! My sons will want to see this.
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12/04/2009 6:54:46 PM PST
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Tax-chick
(Don't worry - the king cobra will save you!)
To: SunkenCiv
Hmmm ... no link at the source. I’ll want to check this website out. Fascinating place to visit. Thanks SC.
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posted on
12/04/2009 7:02:17 PM PST
by
steelyourfaith
(Time to prosecute Al Gore now that fellow scam artist Bernie Madoff is in stir.)
To: SunkenCiv
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12/04/2009 7:08:46 PM PST
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PghBaldy
(James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed Martin Luther King Jr.)
To: SunkenCiv
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12/04/2009 7:09:53 PM PST
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GSP.FAN
(These are the times that try men's souls.)
To: PghBaldy
Excellent, many thanks! This link was derived from yours; zoomed it out a little and moved around a bit. Shows "Massa di Somma" which is the prehistoric cone of Vesuvius (if memory serves, I may have that backwards), along with the Roman-era sites Ercolano (Herculaneum was the Roman name, and the modern town readopted it), Boscoreale (dunno the Roman-era name), Stabia (Roman Stabiae), as well as Pompei. :')
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12/04/2009 7:17:28 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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12/04/2009 7:18:26 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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12/04/2009 7:18:55 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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Cool... thanks so much for this thread, SunkenCiv!
Pompeii... one of the most fascinating places I've visited on earth.
Ping to a few FRiends who may also be interested...
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12/04/2009 7:20:55 PM PST
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nutmeg
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To: GSP.FAN
That’s great...thanks...are there other 360’s in Rome that you know of?
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12/04/2009 7:24:10 PM PST
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spyone
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To: Fred Nerks
thanks again for this:
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12/04/2009 7:27:07 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: GSP.FAN
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12/04/2009 7:27:24 PM PST
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Teflonic
To: spyone
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12/04/2009 7:36:14 PM PST
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GSP.FAN
(These are the times that try men's souls.)
To: SunkenCiv
I had forgotten...one of the images I lost when my comp had a catastrophe...nice to see it once again.
To: SunkenCiv
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12/04/2009 7:44:38 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
a few other topics probably of interest to all who liked this one:
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12/04/2009 7:46:54 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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12/04/2009 7:55:07 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Fred Nerks
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12/04/2009 8:08:39 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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