Created for an early 3rd-century Roman emperor and displayed in a temple, it was fragmented during the Middle Ages and used for building material. Today, an American university is employing digital imagery and computer algorithms in an effort to match the surviving pieces and reconstruct the whole. What is it?

peasypod

Might you be meaning the Forma Urbis Romae, built for Septimius Severus? http://formaurbis.stanford.edu/docs/FURmap.html Aug 07 05, 7:09 PM

lanfranco

Very nice, peasy, and just the right site. We have a colleague working on this fascinating map of Rome at Stanford, and we've been following it with great attention. Aug 07 05, 7:24 PM

peasypod

Thanks Frankie, found another too... http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2004/april21/urbis-421.html Aug 07 05, 7:36 PM

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