Gaieus--your next modelling project
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That's really cool, Peter. I have a "colleague" who "specialised" in aerial archaeological photography (in fact, our university has one of the the biggest such aerial photograph collection and runs a European project in this, see here).
It's amazing how much you can "find" from above. Needless to say that "new" Roman cities have been found this way here, in Pannonia, too as well as several Neolithic circular ditch systems (NB: much larger ones that the contemporary Stonehenge - just not "as famous" for this latter one's much later, megalithic additions)
This huge, Early Iron Age earth fortification (the second largest in Europe after one in Spain) is right nex to my city (in the background) though of course you don't need aerial photography for it since the "walls" are still prominent when seen from the ground (you can even see it clearly in the rather low res, GE aerial imagery - see Placemark attached):
Ah well, Roman buildings are easy to reconstruct. Roman culture was the first "globalised" culture, and old colleague of mine even calls it "pop culture" (referring to the 1960's). If you find a little piece of certain pottery, you can tell where and when it was made, if you find a small portion of a fortress, you can rebuild the whole from scratch.
Problem is that there's no money for such reconstructions.
Thanks for the link, indeed very interesting.
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This sort of thing is intriguing to me.
Gai, thanks for the kmz file. It makes me want to know more.
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Come over here, Dave, and you'll see wonders!
Ther whole area (although only about an hour and a half walking distance from my home) is part of the National Park for its natural beauties as well as full of historic monuments. Just at the foot of the hill, there's a little village with a 13th century, little church (see the Placemark with the images also attached):
and it's full of beautiful frescos:
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