Ancient DNA Challenges Stories Told About Pompeii Victims
The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ sexes and family relationships, which were based on the casts’ physical appearance and other archaeological evidence, are either not correct or not as simple as believed. For example:
DNA evidence showed the four were male and not related to one another, clearly showing "the story that was long spun around ...
In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic ...
The study builds upon research from 2022, when scientists sequenced the genome of a Pompeii victim for the first time and ...
New DNA evidence from the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii reveal that many of the presumptuous narratives about the ...
DNA evidence showed the four were male and not related to one another, clearly showing "the story that was long spun around these individuals" was wrong, Mittnik said. Researchers also confirmed ...
More than 100 casts have been made to date. Now, scientists have used ancient DNA collected from the casts that have been ...
An international study has found assumptions on the sex and relationships of individuals found in the ruins of the ancient ...
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, trapping dozens of residents in their ...
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