A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...

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Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, ...

In the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, houses, frescos, and artifacts have been preserved for visitors to observe. They ...

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

历史的真实性从来都受到质疑，但是，如果采用科学证据，如DNA鉴定，就有可能还原更真实的历史。现在庞贝人的DNA就在改写新的历史叙事。庞贝古城（Pompeii）是亚平宁半岛（意大利）西南角坎帕尼亚地区一座古城，距罗马约240千米，位于意大利南部那不勒斯 ...

In mere minutes, the giant cloud of ash and gases killed an estimated 2,000 people, many of whom were unearthed more than a ...

A study published Thursday retold some famous stories about Pompeii citizens before they died from the eruption of Mount ...

New DNA analysis of skeletal remains from Pompeii reveals that victims of Vesuvius’s eruption have been wrongly identified.

Ancient DNA taken from the Pompeii victims of Mount Vesuvius' eruption nearly 2,000 years ago reveals that some people's ...

Bits of human bone recovered from Pompeii, Italy, have yielded DNA from people who died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius — and the genetic data are challenging old assumptions about the ...

Victims thought to be female were male and not related to one another, showing "the story that was long spun around these individuals" was wrong, researchers said.