{"id":6662,"date":"2016-06-03T06:37:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T12:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6662"},"modified":"2016-05-30T16:54:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T22:54:48","slug":"if-you-had-a-drone-in-ancient-rome-this-is-what-you-would-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6662","title":{"rendered":"If You Had a Drone in Ancient Rome, This Is What You Would See"},"content":{"rendered":"

A virtual flyover of Rome in 320 CE<\/a>, when Constantine I was in charge.<\/p>\n

Or how about a Google Streetview of Pompeii <\/a>(as it is today)?<\/p>\n

Or step back about three thousand years and consider this animation of how they built the Pyramids.<\/a><\/p>\n

This<\/a> is even fancier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A virtual flyover of Rome in 320 CE, when Constantine I was in charge. Or how about a Google Streetview of Pompeii (as it is today)? Or step back about three thousand years and consider this animation of how they built the Pyramids. This is even fancier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[116,56,285],"class_list":["post-6662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-egypt","tag-rome","tag-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1Js","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1146,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1146","url_meta":{"origin":6662,"position":0},"title":"Romae Dies Natalis","author":"Chas S. 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