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

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

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

From maps and pickaxes, it is now possible to discover ancient relics from a distance, as in the case of a recent find.

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

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

Cade DuPont, Shaun Bobbitt, Bethany Terry and Rafael Villaroel — is opening a new window on the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

Teruel is a small town in eastern Spain and it is so hidden that its slogan is simply: “Teruel Exists.” In the 21st century, ...

Scientists believe long-standing assumptions about the people of Pompeii may be false after analyzing ancient DNA samples. On ...

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