(Slideshow) Rome combines archaeology and technology for a digital glimpse of the past

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The Eternal City is currently going through a "digital Renaissance."

Curators are combining modern technology with ancient archaeology to bring history back to life. Video projectors cast images of the past over ruins, multimedia light shows capture the imaginations of crowds, and 3D visors reveal virtual reconstructions of the oldest monuments and structures. Here, at the Viaggio Nei Fori, the projections line up perfectly with the existing structures to give an accurate view of how the ancient architecture looked when it was first constructed.

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