In Greece and Egypt the ancient ruins are protected because they are away from city centres, but is the same true for Italy? All the ruins in Rome are right in the middle of the city and this makes it difficult...but should more be done to protect them?

Well, you have to get rid of the air pollution in the first place, but we are still light-years from that.

There are new threats, however, the sea level might rise and undermine the cities due to global warming. The seas could raise by almost a meter by 2100 according to UNEP.

Maybe it's time to consider moving those remains to higher grounds, but I fear that the Italians have to make their copies, and why not restore the objects at the same time? The tourists would love it.

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Well you could'nt moce the leaning towwer of Pisa, they have spend thousands stablising its foundations by drilling into the ground and inserting metal shafts an concrete basin, and most of the ruins are to fragle to be lifted and moved, it looks that someday, one day we will loose them! But we still have books documenting the facts!

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Originally posted by Jamie Ireland:...it looks that someday, one day we will loose them! But we still have books documenting the facts!

Agreed, and thankful there are some good documentaries documenting these places.

Yeah, I would even go as far as suggesting they be rebuilt to extend their life. The colouseum will stand as it is for centuries it could last forever if it were restored to a degree. I don't mean rebuild it, just enhance what's there. (Hi Shannon and all the sad Irwinites web stalkers. Gotcha!!) lol