Time travel to ancient Rome with Google Earth

Google has today announced the launch of Ancient Rome 3D, a layer for Google Earth allowing users to explore the ancient city of Rome as it stood in 320 AD, under Emperor Constantine. Ancient Rome is the first ancient city to be depicted on Google Earth, which was recently released for the iPhone, in addition to the existing Windows, Mac and Linux versions. Through the layer, users will be able to view over 6,700 of the city's historic buildings in 3D, zoom in close enough to see detailed interiors of 11 buildings, such as the Colosseum, and read about the history of Rome through information bubbles written by historians.

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