New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins ...

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 ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...

DNA evidence reshapes the story of Pompeii's 79 AD eruption victims, challenging old assumptions and revealing new insights ...

Fourteen miles southeast of modern Naples lies Pompeii, a city frozen in time by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

The scientific data we provide do not always align with common assumptions,” said study co-author and professor David Reich.

Genetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about the people and their relationships ...

POMPEII, Italy (KMID/KPEJ) – A family frozen in time by the volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii nearly two millennia ago. It’s ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...

Two famous victims of the volcanic eruption that devastated Pompeii 2,000 years ago, long thought to be women and dubbed the ...