Genetic research on the bones within Pompeii victims’ casts shed light on the multiethnic society of the city and on the connections between victims ...

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

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

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

Fourteen miles southeast of modern Naples lies Pompeii, a city frozen in time by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

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.

A cast of two corpses recovered from the ruins of Pompeii, now on display as part of the “A Day In Pompeii” exhibit at the Discovery Place Science Museum in North Carolina. Courtesy of Ken Thomas ...

New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins were often incorrect, showing instead a diverse population with roots in the ...

FILE - Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the casts of two adults and two ...