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

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

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

In the ruins of Pompeii, visitors aren’t only able to see the houses, frescos and artifacts of the ancient city’s people.

It is now believed that the two Pompeii victims, known as "The Two Maidens", might have actually been young male gay lovers. So far, one of the bodies has been confirmed as male. At first, the ...

The excavations taking place in the Roman city, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius, reflect the beauty and sophistication of ...

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

A study published Thursday retold some famous stories about Pompeii citizens before they died from the eruption of Mount ...

On loan from the Naples National Archeological Museum and the Archeological Park of Pompeii, the artifacts include statues of ...

It is now believed that the two Pompeii victims, known as "The Two Maidens", might have actually been young male gay lovers. So far, one of the bodies has been confirmed as male. At first ...

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