Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in the ways we think.

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 ...

DNA evidence confirmed more scholarly interpretations, based on cultural artefacts, that Pompeii had a genetically diverse population descended from immigrants from the eastern Mediterranean.

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

DNA evidence from Pompeii indicates victims were not who they appeared to be - Fresh insights into the people killed in Pompeii after Mount Vesuvius's explosion in 79 AD were discovered by ...

Ancient DNA provides an insight into Pompeii life and its residents, contradicting what we thought we knew about the small Roman town. Nearly 2000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius (Campania, Italy) erupted ...

The results of new DNA tests just dropped this week, and they prove that we don't know as much about Pompeii as we once believed.

Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after a volcanic eruption, overturning misconceptions about their genetic ...

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