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

Alissa Mittnik from the Max Planck Institute in Germany studied new DNA evidence from the Pompeii victims, disproving past ...

DNA evidence reshapes the story of Pompeii's 79 AD eruption victims, challenging old assumptions and revealing new insights ...

In recent times areas around Naples have seen a flurry of activities as government agencies conduct drills to make citizens ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

The body was first found to be of a male, likely around 30 years of age. At first, archaeologists believed that he had ...

Last week, with the use of DNA, researchers revealed that long-held assumptions missed the mark, providing tantalizing ...

The scientific data we provide do not always align with common assumptions,” said study co-author and professor David Reich.

Artifacts from the frozen city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., are on display ...

Discover what life was like in Gladiator: this is what Pompeii, its streets and the Colosseum would have looked like before ...

New DNA analysis challenges existing hypotheses about the identities and relationships of victims found in Pompeii after the ...

The Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. blanketed Pompeii in destruction ... who had been buried by the ash and debris from the volcano were eventually cast in plaster. It turns out that the ...