Google Earth reveals hidden Roman villa

I'm living in hope that Google Earth will one day be available for Macintosh (they're apparently working on it). In the meantime, Google Maps has to suffice. Italian programmer Luca Mori was browsing Google Earth when he discovered an ancient Roman villa buried near his home town.

The satellite images threw up a dark oval shape more than 500m (1,640ft) long, as well as shaded rectangular shapes nearby. ... "At first they thought the site might be Bronze Age but a closer inspection turned up ceramic and stone pieces that showed it was a Roman villa built some time just before the birth of Christ," he was quoted as saying in the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Some favourite Google Maps spin-offs; Google Sightseeing, Google Maps Mania, and Placeopedia - a mix of Google Maps with one of my other favourite sites, Wikipedia.