In mere minutes, the giant cloud of ash and gases killed an estimated 2,000 people, many of whom were unearthed more than a ...

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

In 79 CE, the active volcanic system in southern Italy known as Somma-Vesuvius erupted, burying the small Roman town of ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...

This new study probed the DNA evidence that has been taken from some of these bodies. The team used the same strontium ...

A family frozen in time by the volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii nearly two millennia ago. A mother, a father, and two ...

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

As reported Thursday in the journal Current Biology, the DNA evidence shows that the identities and relationships of the ...

Genetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about ...

A team of microbiologists and virologists at Wuhan University, working with colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...

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

Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and ...