Nano Banana Pro does a plausible job of turning a real photo of an archaeological site into what the photo might have looked like if you’d taken it from the same vantage point thousands of years ago. You can imagine an app running on your future phone that lets you turn your selfies at historical sites into realtime, full-blown reconstructions (complete with changing your clothes to be historically appropriate).
Here’s a reconstructed view of Ephesus (adapted from this photo by Jordan Klein). I prompted it to add the harbor in the distance, which no longer exists in the modern photo.
Here’s one of Corinth (adapted from this photo by Zde):
Finally, more fancifully (since there are fewer exposed ruins to work with), here’s one of Gath (adapted from this photo by Ori~):
