Australia-based Lithodomos VR, which focuses on "bringing the ancient world to life using virtual reality" has recently released a new mobile application that allows users to experience the Jerusalem that existed some 2,000 years ago, before the Second Temple was destroyed. According to a Jewish Business News, the new app lets visitors to Jerusalem's landmarks, such as the Western Wall, to see what is before them not just as it is today, but as it appeared to the contemporaries of the Roman empire. "Imagine if when looking up at the Temple you could see how it once looked when the Second Temple -- as it was fully renovated by Herod -- stood in all of its glory," Thursday's report said, "and this is fitting at Hanukkah time as the holiday is a celebration of how the Second Temple was rededicated by the Maccabees after they defeated the Greeks and established Jewish home rule in Israel for the first time in the more than four centuries since the First Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians." Lithodomos VR's app is called Ancient Jerusalem and is compatible with devices that run Android. It is the company's first mobile application. "Every detail of this reconstruction has been thoroughly researched, backed up by sound evidence, and approved by a professional archaeologist," the company said. "For this reason, the app can be considered not only for entertainment purposes but also as a useful educational tool."
