It’s one of the many stories told by observers of the victims of the tragedy that struck the ancient town. But DNA evidence recently published in Current Biology suggests things were not as they seem.

FILE - A view of Pompeii, a buried and ruined Roman city near modern Naples in Italy, is seen in 1979. AP Photo/Jim Bourdier, File There were several surprises in “the house of the golden bracelet,” the dwelling where the assumed mother and child were ...

The results of new DNA tests just dropped this week, and they prove that we don't know as much about Pompeii as we once believed.