Ancient Rome 2008

A visit to the Coliseum, Nero's old digs and the Pantheon was like looking through the big end of a telescope.

These images may help you imagine the ghosts of 2000 years ago during the height of the Roman Empire.

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[mmedefarge]

Beautifully shot. It brings it all back. I haven't been there in ages and I see that some of the archaeological digs that were being uncovered in the forum when I was there, are finally open to the public.

[daytooley]

Thank you.

The excavated rooms now open (at 4:40 in the video) are from Nero's reign.  Amazingly, the paint is original, not restored in any way.

[mmedefarge]

Ah, is that part of Nero's Domus Aureus on the Palatine or one of the other hills outside of the Forum? The last time that I was there, the part of Nero's villa that constituted most of the Esquiline Hill hadn't been excavated at all. The only indication that there was anything there at all was a rock-lined hole in the ground with a sign that said underneath lies Nero's villa. To still have preserved frescoes just like Pompeii, only buried in mud instead of ash, is quite remarkable.

[DisturberOfThePeace]

I see ME!!!!! YAY!!!!!