A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...

Excavations of Pompeii began in 1748, and although Vesuvius's eruption completely destroyed the city, the pyroclastic deposits preserved the victims, buildings and art. The victim's soft tissue ...

When integrated with bioarchaeological records, it can offer a more nuanced understanding of Pompeii’s victims,” said Gabriele Scorrano, a geneticist at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and ...

Plaster casts of Pompeii’s victims preserve moments of human connection as the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the city in ash. There’s a family of four — including a mother ...

New DNA evidence from the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii reveal that many of the presumptuous narratives about the charred victims are entirely false, according to a new study. Researchers ...

POMPEII, Italy (KMID/KPEJ) – A family frozen in time by the volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii nearly two millennia ago. It’s ...

Since excavations of the ruins of Pompeii began in the 1700s, more than 100 casts of the victims’ bodies have been made by pouring liquid plaster in the voids left by the destruction of their ...

Two famous victims of the volcanic eruption that devastated Pompeii 2,000 years ago, long thought to be women and dubbed the ...

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

We navigate the world with perceptions and biases that cloud our observations, no matter how we try to remain objective. A new analysis of DNA retrieved from the victims of Pompeii reveals our ...

Using DNA taken from fragmented skeletal remains, researchers found an adult holding a child, long thought to have been a ...