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

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So far, one of the bodies ... found to include at least one genetic male. "These findings challenge traditional gender and familial assumptions." Massimo Osanna, superintendent of the Pompeii ...

A study published Thursday retold some famous stories about Pompeii citizens before they died from the eruption of Mount ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, it wiped multiple Roman towns off the map — but it also froze them in time. Ash raining down from the volcano blanketed Pompeii and surrounding cities ...

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

New DNA evidence has been released showing that the victims of the 79AD Pompeii disaster are not who we originally thought ...