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Pompeii Introduces New Limits on Daily Visitors to Protect the Ancient City From Overtourism
A maximum of 20,000 people will be allowed to enter each day in an effort to protect the historic site in Italy, where ...
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...
New Pompeii DNA Research Reveals Surprising Family, Gender Roles in Ancient City
The saying goes that it takes a village to raise a child, and new research out of Pompeii seems to showcase just how common ...
Seven wonders to see at the destroyed Roman city of Pompeii
Pompeii is huge. Comprising nine regions across 66 hectares it would take two to three days to see it all. Here are seven ...
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Long-held beliefs about ancient residents of Pompeii debunked by DNA testing
DNA testing of 14 individuals buried in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii has shown their sex and ethnic background is different to what earlier archaeologists assumed. Nuclear and mitochondrial ...
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DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments
Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about ... The genetic data collected during the research revealed that Pompeii was a cosmopolitan city full of people with diverse backgrounds, the study authors ...
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New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
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 ...
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Pompeii: Italy’s frozen-in-time Roman city
To get a clearer picture of what everyday life in ancient Rome was really like, visit the well-preserved (and unlucky) city of Pompeii. Located just south of Naples, Pompeii was founded in 600 BC ...