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

The study builds upon research from 2022 when scientists sequenced the genome of a Pompeii victim for the first time and ...

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

New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins ...

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

People have long been fascinated by the haunting plaster casts of the bodies of people who died in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Archaeologists have presented certain popular ...

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Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...

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