
Figure 1
The reconstruction of Palmyra in Minecraft event at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, organized by the VALUE Foundation in 2015. Photo by: Vincent Vandemeulebroucke. Reproduced with permission.

Figure 2
The stages of creating the South Holland map in Minecraft, from the elevation maps, to Adobe Photoshop, and then to WorldPainter.

Figure 3
The tent where RoMeincraft was held during the ‘Day of the Hague History’ festival April 14, 2018. Photo by: Krijn Boom. Reproduced with permission.

Figure 4
A RoMeincraft event during the National Archaeology Days, 14–15 October 2017, hosted in the Temple Hall of the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden. Photo by: Angus Mol. Reproduced with permission.

Figure 5
Screenshot of the reconstructed fort Matilo in Minecraft which had been built over several RoMeincraft events held in Leiden, 2017.

Figure 6
Screenshot of a not-so-historically-accurate Roman polar bear in fort Matilo.
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