Science is revealing the true stories of Pompeii’s victims beneath the ash
Plaster casts of Pompeii’s victims preserve moments of human connection as the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried ...
Long-held beliefs about ancient residents of Pompeii debunked by DNA testing
An international study has found assumptions on the sex and relationships of individuals found in the ruins of the ancient ...
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DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...
New genetic study debunks long-held assumptions about Pompeii's tragic figures
In a stunning revelation, DNA analysis has uncovered fresh insights into the victims of Pompeii. The catastrophic eruption ...
Popular narratives about Pompeii victims drastically wrong: study
New DNA evidence from the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii reveal that many of the presumptuous narratives about the ...
DNA rewrites history of Pompeii victims buried in volcanic eruption centuries ago
Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the ...
With DNA, Pompeii Narratives Take a Twist
In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic ...
Dinosaurs discovered in ‘Chinese Pompeii’ actually died in extremely boring ways
Until now, scientists largely attributed the unique preservation of these fossils to a series of sudden, violent volcanic ...