Graffiti Archaeology is a website that tries to engage curiosity and exploration of the viewer. It shows how the same location changes over time, spanning many years. This time lapse collage is displayed in an interactive "grafarc explorer," where the viewer can move through layers of time to see the superimposed images of the changing art. The creator of this website encourages people to submit their own photographs of any walls with changing graffiti in their area. In addition, there is a donations section in which the proceeds go towards increasing the bandwidth of the site in order to show more locations the photographers are submitting. They also give credit to the photographers whose photos they use.
I think this website does an excellent job showing change over time in an interactive, captivating way. If we tie this idea into the ancient worlds, the public could learn a lot about change with an idea about the comparisons of time as well. For example, we could show artist's reconstructions of the Colosseum (right) changing with time. Then, the viewer will be able to use the time line below it to flip through different years. In addition, we could include a short description of what happened in the area around that time and the theories of why it changed. I think the manual control of flipping through the years and the pictures will cause the viewer to retain the information better.
http://grafarc.org/
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