A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...
A new study has shattered historians' long-held assumptions about some of the people who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption in ...
In mere minutes, the giant cloud of ash and gases killed an estimated 2,000 people, many of whom were unearthed more than a ...
Genetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about ...
A study published Thursday retold some famous stories about Pompeii citizens before they died from the eruption of Mount ...
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...
New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins were often incorrect, showing instead a diverse population with roots in the ...
Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the ...
Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, they managed to extract genetic information from some of those plaster ...
DNA analysis at Pompeii did more than challenge assumptions about family ties; it also revealed the diverse ancestry of ...