Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, ...

New DNA evidence challenges the story of Pompeii's Two Maidens, once thought to be female relatives, scientists now call them ...

The excavations taking place in the Roman city, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius, reflect the beauty and sophistication of ...

FILE – Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the casts of two adults and two ...

In the year 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing ten percent of Pompeii’s 20,000 residents — coating their remains and the ruins of the city in ash. That coating preserved the remains of the ...

The scientific data we provide do not always align with common assumptions,” said study co-author and professor David Reich.

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

A recent DNA study has upended long-held theories about the people who died in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, revealing ...

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

The move follows other European tourist hotspots, including cities like Barcelona and Venice, which have taken steps to ...

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried under ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., has become a hot tourist destination for history buffs wanting to see the remains. "We are working ...