Imported from Italy, this astonishing English-language hardback book illustrates everyday life in Ancient Rome in full color with a patented system of cut-out overlays. It also includes an English language DVD featuring a virtual tour with lavish computer graphics. The book is designed with a patented system that allows the reader to compare ancient Rome and its present day ruins by lifting special overlay pages which have beautifully cut custom cut-outs. These custom overlays show lush illustrations of ancient life and their cut-out 'windows' reveal the site's surviving architectural features from the site's present-day photo, which is underneath. More than a dozen such overlays (including the book's cover) rendered in painstaking detail bring imperial Rome alive in a way other traditionally illustrated books cannot. Includes a DVD in English: "Ancient Rome, a Virtual Tour from Colosseum to St. Peter's" produced by MyMax for Archeolibri. Index of chapters --Crowds heading toward the Colosseum --Crossing the Roman Forum --Bustling Activity in the Roman Forum --A view of the Curia --In the 'ultramodern' Imperial Forums --A changing scenery --From the markets to the temple --In the piazza in front of the Colosseum --Before the amphitheatre: the Domus Aurea --In the vicinity of the amphitheatre: the baths --A building revolution between Nero and the Flavii --Entrance to the Colosseum --The surprising interiors of the Colosseum --Opening day: animal hunts, executions, and gladiator fights --The spectators take their seats in the amphitheatre --After the show, more praise to Titus --One step forward in history: the grand Rome of the Flavii --The Romans' passion for sports: chariot races --Other shows --Going home --Along the Appian Way