Ancient Rome thrown into the limekiln

the Eternal City used as construction material

17th century Rome, life amongst the ruins. The slow dismantlement of the ancient city, used as construction material.

Most of the treasures of Antiquity can only be left to the imagination: destroyed by intolerance and greed, by accident, or by time itself, they only are fragments of stone or words. Of the list of the Seven Wonders, the only one still standing, the Great Pyramids of Egypt, only do so because of their sheer size; despite…