A family frozen in time by the volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii nearly two millennia ago. A mother, a father, and two ...

New DNA evidence from the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii reveal that many of the presumptuous narratives about the ...

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

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

Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and ...

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

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

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of ...

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

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

A paper on 14 victims from Pompeii describes how DNA analysis shows a different story behind the relationships of the ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...