Monuments and Men of Ancient Rome

Modern Architecture and Ancient Monuments

Radiation methods in research of ancient monuments

A "Laboratory of Quantitative Methods in Monument Research" is being built at the CTU Prague. Its primary orientation is the investigation of historic architecture, although other objects of art can also be investigated. In the first phase, two radiation methods are being established, but it is set up in such a way, that various other methods can readily be added in its future development. The ...

On the Intersignification of Monuments in Augustan Rome

1 For such competition in the middle Republic, see, in general, Hölkeskamp 2003, 221–26; 2004, 151–57. Specific cases: McDonnell 2006, 212–28; Hölscher 1980, 353. In the late Republic, the phenomenon is especially well documented for the era of Marius and Sulla: Hölscher 1980, 356–58, 369; 2001, 207–10; and Stein-Hölkeskamp (forthcoming). Roller 2010a, 156–63, discusses the building-and-demolit...

Documentation of Archaeological Sites and Monuments: Ancient Theatres in Jerash

Modern technology has changed matters in documentation significantly and promises to continue to bring change. This paper attempts to present:1-How should we understand documentation of archaeological Sites, historic buildings and monuments according to their particularities, categories, types, components of documentation, taking into account the internationally agreed standards for the documen...

Ancient Rome: Virtually Around the Corner

And virtual reality has also come to tours of Rome. ‘3D Rewind Rome’ opened in November. It combines animation and virtual game technology to reproduce scenes of life in the ancient city in AD 310 during the reign of Maxentius. It uses some 60,000 different characters. The programme includes a virtual 3D model of the city designed by archaeologists, historians and computing technologists. The v...