Friends and colleagues: Computer-generated 3D animation, which now has come 
of age, can recreate for us worlds that are long past.  We invite you to 
travel back in time to the eastern Mediterranean world of the 2nd Century BC 
in The House of Hermogenes, the latest video feature on our nonprofit 
streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel 
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org).

In 146 BC, just as Corinth is set ablaze by the Romans, Hermogenes, a young 
architect from Priene in Asia Minor, goes back to his home city to study the 
city-planning of Pytheos and especially to visit the old house of his 
ancestors before it is torn down.  This film, produced by the Foundation of 
the Hellenic World, is a 3D animated reconstruction of the city and that 
house, which is typical of its time.  The reconstruction, based on the 
research of Dr. Wolfram Hoepfner, demonstrates the arrangement and 
functionality of a Classical Period residence.

This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment.  We 
urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership 
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html) and Underwriting 
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml) programs.  Only with your 
help can we continue and enhance this nonprofit public-education and 
visitor-supported service.  We also welcome new content partners as we reach 
out to the world community.

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Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
http://www.archaeologychannel.org