If 7 Famous Historical Buildings Were Brought Back To Their Ancient Glory

Author: Hidreley / Source: Bored Panda

Countries like Greece, Italy, Egypt, and Mexico are famous for some of the most fascinating historical monuments in the world. Sadly, not all of them have managed to survive the cruel wheel of time, and after so many centuries the only thing left to remind us of them are their ruins.

But have you ever tried to imagine how those architectural wonders, such as Parthenon in Athens, Mexico’s Pyramid of the Sun, or Italy’s Temple of Jupiter, looked in all their glory?

Expedia’s NeoMan project, created in collaboration with Maja Wrońska and Przemek Sobiecki from “This Is Render”, gives us a unique opportunity to travel back in time and explore the original structures before they were damaged by centuries of natural decay. This creative team reconstructed 7 famous ancient buildings in 3D animations, bringing us back hundreds of years, slowly showing how they were built up into the magnificent structures that they once were. Scroll down to see those stunning ancient engineering works for yourself.

The Parthenon (Greece)

“Back in ancient times, this temple sheltered a monumental golden statue of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, craft and war. Sitting atop the hill at the Acropolis, an ancient citadel in Athens, the Parthenon cuts an imposing shape. In 1687 it was severely damaged in the Great Turkish War, but much of the sturdy Doric architecture withheld the blast, and a good chunk of it is still intact to this day. Nowadays it’s a tourist hotspot attracting millions of visitors a year.

Here it is, fully restored to its original glory. Athena herself would be proud.”

Nohoch Mul Pyramid (Cobá) (Mexico)

“Cobá is a Mayan ruin in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The site is thought to have been first settled between 100 BC and 100 AD and abandoned around 1550, upon the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. At 137 feet tall, Nohoch Mul is the tallest Mayan pyramid on the Yucatan Peninsula and the second tallest Mayan pyramid in the world. It was discovered in the 1800s, but the archaeological site wasn’t opened to the public until 1973,…

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