Smithsonian Magazine on MSN10d
DNA Evidence Is Rewriting the Stories of Victims Who Perished in Pompeii Nearly 2,000 Years Ago
A new study has shattered historians' long-held assumptions about some of the people who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption in ...
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 ...
Greek Reporter9d
Pompeii Two Maidens Were Likely Gay Lovers, Scientists Claim
New DNA evidence challenges the story of Pompeii's Two Maidens, once thought to be female relatives, scientists now call them ...
Italy's ancient Pompeii park cracks down on daily visitors to combat overtourism
Pompeii Archaeological Park near Naples will set a limit on the amount of people who are visiting the ancient location after ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN7d
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 ...
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Pompeii exhibit gives glimpse into ‘time capsule’
Artifacts from the frozen city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., are on display ...
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 ...
The Harvard Crimson7d
HMS Study Suggests New Narratives for Pompeii Victims
New DNA analysis challenges existing hypotheses about the identities and relationships of victims found in Pompeii after the ...
as.com8d
Life in Gladiator: This is what Pompeii, its streets and the Colosseum would have looked like before it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius
Located near present-day Naples, this ancient city was buried and preserved under ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Pompeii remained buried for more than ...
Pompeii archaeological park sets daily visitor limit to combat overtourism
The Pompeii archaeological park in Italy plans to limit visitor numbers to 20,000 a day and introduce personalized tickets ...
Sydney Morning Herald3d
Seven wonders to see at the destroyed Roman city of Pompeii
It was AD 79 when the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii under layers of ash during a two-day tempest ... pause to think about the estimated 2000 people who died at Pompeii ...
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A DNA Discovery Shatters the Truth About Pompeii’s Famous Victims
Some of the victims of the Mount Vesuvius ... people was a male, eliminating two of the three common interpretations. The ancient eruption buried several Roman towns, killing inhabitants and ...