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Imagine standing on the Acropolis three hundred years ago. The Parthenon rises ahead of you much as it always has, but a slender minaret climbs from its southwest corner, and the call to prayer drifts out across the…
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We've just completed our next panorama in TimeLens: the Acropolis as it appeared during the Roman period, with the Temple of Rome and Augustus standing proudly alongside the Parthenon. This is a fascinating moment in…
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Imagine standing on the streets of lower Manhattan in the 17th century. The Dutch settlement that would one day become New York is alive with trade and voices, its harbour busy, its houses gathered along narrow lanes.…
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Imagine the whole of Athens in motion: horsemen and chariots, musicians, elders and young women, all making their way up to the Acropolis to honour the goddess Athena. This was the Panathenaic procession, the high point…
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As we are working on the fourth TimeSpot in Athens, we want to share more about our full plans for Athens. It is one of the most important historic cities in the world, yet so much of it has become difficult to imagine.…
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We just completed the TimeSpot for the Classical Acropolis, showing the Parthenon and Erechtheion completely restored as the Panathenaic procession reaches its apex. We have not only included the detailed Parthenon…
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Most historic places we visit today are fragments. A few standing columns, an empty square, foundations hidden in the grass. Turning that back into a place you can stand inside takes far more than imagination. Here is…
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Imagine standing in a vast marble courtyard in the centre of Athens. A hundred columns surround you, a long ornamental pool stretches away down the middle, and beyond it lie halls lined with thousands of papyrus…
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Picture the Parthenon not as the pale marble shell on the Athens skyline, but as a building alive with colour: deep blue backgrounds, borders of red and gold, figures painted in bright pigment high along its walls. For…
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Imagine standing on the rock of the Acropolis in the 5th century BC. Around you rise temples of gleaming marble, their sculptures picked out in deep reds and blues, bronze fittings catching the Athenian sun. This is the…
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After a stretch of research, rebuilding, and refining, Hadrian’s Library is now fully finished and live. This TimeSpot has come a long way from the previous version. We moved the entire viewpoint deeper into the complex…
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Today, Hadrian's Library is mostly foundations and scattered architectural elements. You can recognise the layout, but it is difficult to grasp what the space actually was. In the 2nd century AD, this was a large,…
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