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

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

A family of four was frozen in time under a staircase when the ash fell on Pompeii from the erupting volcano Mount Vesuvius ...

Rainfall after the eruption caused the bodies to become cemented ... first Greek settlements in the Bay of Naples go back ...

Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, ...

Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after a volcanic eruption, overturning misconceptions about their ...

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 ... left behind after thousands of ...

However, after scanning the skeletal remains, researchers have now determined that the victims were male and female and one was between the ages of 14 and 19 while the other was 22. The team found ...

The devastation of Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE is one of the best-recorded disasters ... a discovery that is giving us insight into the bustling life of Pompeii, before a volcano ...

We all know what happens when we assume. Turns out that saying rings true for the folks who thought they understood the nature of the Pompeii residents killed in 79 C.E. after Mt. Vesuvius erupted and ...

TOKYO — Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, images showed Wednesday, after warm weather led to the Japanese mountain's longest-ever stint with bare slopes. The volcano's famous snowcap begins ...