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.
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.
- BBC News
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I’m never going to be able to look at that bottom graphic in quite the same way ever again. Just sayin.
/Going back to bed now, don’t recommend whatever it is I’ve got atm…