A DNA Discovery Shatters the Truth About Pompeii’s Famous Victims
A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of Pompeii in Naples, Italy—asserts that ancient DNA taken from some of the victims challenges stories long told about those particular Pompeii citizens.
The body was first found to be of a male, likely around 30 years of age. At first, archaeologists believed that he had ...
Pompeii Archaeological Park near Naples will set a limit on the amount of people who are visiting the ancient location after ...
Last week, with the use of DNA, researchers revealed that long-held assumptions missed the mark, providing tantalizing ...
Scientists studying the remains of people who died in the devastating Mount Vesuvius eruption that buried the ancient city of ...
New DNA evidence challenges the story of Pompeii's Two Maidens, once thought to be female relatives, scientists now call them gay lovers.
After Mount Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the Roman city in 79 A.D., bodies buried in mud and ash eventually decomposed, leaving spaces where they used to be. Casts were created from the voids in ...
Now the Graceland Exhibition Center has "Pompeii." A collection of close to 170 artifacts excavated from the famous ruins of ...
A volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, but an avalanche of tourists has caused officials to ...
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