It is one of the best preserved buildings from the Roman world, a 2,000-year-old testament to the immense power and wealth of the empire. The Pantheon's hemispherical dome is punctured by a 30ft-wide ...
The huge 30ft hole built into the dome of Rome’s Pantheon has mystified minds for centuries. Now historians have come up with an intriguing explanation for the feature – it was built as a sundial to ...