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

Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the ...

Turns out that saying rings true for the folks who thought they understood the nature of the Pompeii residents killed in 79 C ...

People have long projected stories onto the poignant casts of Pompeii’s victims. A new study uses ancient DNA analysis to ...

Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the ...

In 79 AD, Italy’s Mount Vesuvius exploded, raining ash and volcanic debris down on the city of Pompeii and its tens of ...

In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic ...

The sex and ancestry of five people who died in the eruption are revealed by genetic material embedded in the casts.

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

Shocking DNA evidence finds that the identities of bodies at Pompeii are completely different than what scientists have ...

DNA analysis at Pompeii did more than challenge assumptions about family ties; it also revealed the diverse ancestry of ...

In 79 CE, the active volcanic system in southern Italy known as Somma-Vesuvius erupted, burying the small Roman town of ...