Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...

DNA evidence showed the four were male and not related to one another, clearly showing “the story that was long spun around ...

A family frozen in time by the volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii nearly two millennia ago. A mother, a father, and two ...

Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the ...

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

Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the ...

Bits of human bone recovered from Pompeii, Italy, have yielded DNA from people who died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

Genetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about ...

New DNA evidence from the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii reveal that many of the presumptuous narratives about the ...

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

Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and ...