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

The body was first found to be of a male, likely around 30 years of age. At first, archaeologists believed that he had ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

Fourteen miles southeast of modern Naples lies Pompeii, a city frozen in time by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

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

People have long projected stories onto the poignant casts of Pompeii’s victims. A new study uses ancient DNA analysis to ...

DNA evidence reshapes the story of Pompeii's 79 AD eruption victims, challenging old assumptions and revealing new insights ...

Shocking DNA evidence finds that the identities of bodies at Pompeii are completely different than what scientists have ...

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

Pompeii Archaeological Park near Naples will set a limit on the amount of people who are visiting the ancient location after ...

Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the ...

Today, Pompeii Archeological Park is one of Italy’s most visited cultural landmarks, and a record breaking four million – ...