Images: 3D Models of Roman Emperor Hadrian's Villa

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Hadrian’s Villa in 3D

The Digital Hadrian ’s Villa Project brings to animation all 250 acres of the Roman emperor butterfly Hadrian ’s straggle estate in Tivoli , Italy , through gaming package and 3D reconstructions . Shown here is the Maritime Theater where Hadrian had his bedrooms , bathrooms and study environ by a moat to ensure privateness .

Maritime Theater

This is what the ruins of the Maritime Theater look like today .

Piazza D’Oro

The Piazza D’Oro ’s garden court view as it ’s been digitally fix for the labor .

Piazza D’Oro Today

The Piazza D’Oro at Hadrian ’s Villa would have been one of the most luxurious site at the emperor ’s compound . The imperial banquet complex include many room , fountain , individual urinals and garden and had a subterranean route under it .

Serapeum

A reconstructive memory of the so - call Serapeum at Hadrian ’s Villa .

The Serapeum now

an aerial view of an old city on a river

Mount Vesuvius behind the ruins of pompeii.

an aerial view of a mass grave with many bones

The Pantheon in Rome

an aerial view of an excavated fortress

a horse skeleton in the ground

Police in Jerusalem have seized a hoard of stolen antiquities in Jerusalem, including coins, incense burners and ceramics.

A modern-day artist�s depiction of the Roman senate, an institution that was vital to the Roman Republic.

The Temple of Saturn is located in the Roman Forum.

The ancient iron dagger is richly decorated with inlays of silver and brass. It belonged to a Roman legionary, and may have been buried intentionally as a token of thanks after a victory in battle.