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

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

In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic ...

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

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

Centuries on and it turns out that long-held assumptions about some of the people of Pompeii should not have been set in ...

DNA analysis of victims in Pompeii who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption reveals some unusual relations between the people who ...

These discoveries were published last week in the Current Biology journal, debunking the former understanding of the ...

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 ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...