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Archaeologists Rescued Some...Spicy Paintings, Once Buried By Mount Vesuvius
On August 24, 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted and encased the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in ash. Today, the city is a time ...
Science is revealing the true stories of Pompeii’s victims beneath the ash
People have long projected stories onto the poignant casts of Pompeii’s victims. A new study uses ancient DNA analysis to ...
A DNA Discovery Shatters the Truth About Pompeii’s Famous Victims
A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...
USA Today2d
Pompeii meets Presley: Elvis' Graceland estate hosts exhibit on ancient volcanic disaster
On loan from the Naples National Archeological Museum and the Archeological Park of Pompeii, the artifacts include statues of ...
KUOW5d
New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii victims
The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, ...
Yahoo4d
Pompeii DNA evidence contradicts long-held assumptions about victims buried in ash
An estimated 20,000 people lived in Pompeii at the time and many were consumed by a wave of ash, pumice and mud, freezing them in place beneath a fresh layer of volcanic sediment. Over the ...
El País in English7d
DNA rewrites the history of Pompeii: The woman with the bracelet was a man and unrelated to the child on her lap
Genetic material has uncovered the sex and relationships of some of the most iconic victims of the Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD ...
CNN6d
DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments
Ash and volcanic rock called pumice then covered Pompeii and its residents, preserving scenes of the victims of the city’s destruction like an eerie time capsule. Excavations first began to ...
The Sun6d
Pompeii bombshell as new analysis of famous ‘two maidens’ mummified by 500C volcanic ash may reveal who they REALLY are
Most experts used to agree that the victims died from being suffocated in ash clouds. POMPEII was once a very prosperous ancient Roman city on the Gulf of Naples, in Italy's Campania region.
The Independent7d
Pompeii DNA evidence leads to surprising new discovery about victims
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Yahoo6d
DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments
Ash and volcanic rock called pumice then covered Pompeii and its residents, preserving scenes of the victims of the city’s destruction like an eerie time capsule. Excavations first began to unearth ...