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December 4, 2009

Ruins of Pompeii now on Google Streetview

Check this out:

This is cool: Google mapped and photographed the ruins of ancient Pompeii in Italy. Pompeii was a Roman city that was covered in volcanic ash after nearby Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D.

I visited Pompeii in 1997 and was struck by its relatively immense size, and appreciated how big of a disaster the eruption must have been for what was once a thriving little seaside city in the Roman empire.

Google Streetview gives you a good peek inside the place, but it's definitely worth a visit with your feet on the ground, if you're ever in Italy. Anybody else been there?

[via Mashable and USAToday]

Posted by Gus Sentementes at 11:04 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)
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I haven't been there. But would love to. Google Street View really helps us out. Great place.

Posted by: Siddharth | December 5, 2009 1:36 AM

I just returned from visiting Pompeii, Ephesus, Parthenon, and the Pyramids. Pompeii is amazing! As is Ephesus. I didn't realize Pompeii is so huge. We only saw a portion of Pompeii on our tour - would like to have seen more!

Posted by: ruth | December 8, 2009 11:16 PM

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About Gus G. Sentementes

Gus G. Sentementes (@gussent on Twitter) has been writing for The Baltimore Sun since 2000. He's covered real estate, business, prisons, and suburban and Baltimore City crime and cops. He was one of the first reporters at The Sun to use multimedia tools and Web applications -- a video camera, an iPhone -- to cover breaking news. He hopes to cover Maryland geeks and the gadgets and Web sites they build, and learn -- and share -- something new every day.

Gus has a wife, a young daughter and two feuding cats. They live in Northeast Baltimore.

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