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

New DNA evidence challenges the story of Pompeii's Two Maidens, once thought to be female relatives, scientists now call them ...

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

New DNA analysis of skeletal remains from Pompeii reveals that victims of Vesuvius’s eruption have been wrongly identified.

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

Fourteen miles southeast of modern Naples lies Pompeii, a city frozen in time by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

Victims thought to be female were male and not related to one another, showing "the story that was long spun around these individuals" was wrong, researchers said.

I love exploring the world of ancient Rome, with its grand architecture, fascinating culture, and stories of larger-than-life ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried the ancient Roman town in ash, leaving behind an entire archaeological site almost perfectly preserved before its rediscovery in 1748. Photo shows ...

New DNA analysis of the charred victims of the Pompeii disaster in 79AD has rewritten history about some of the doomed town’s residents. The giant Mount Vesuvius eruption released a 20ft layer ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 ... out of the water and waddled up to surfers on Ocean Beach near the coastal town Denmark in the state of Western Australia, thousands of miles from its ...