Genetic research on the bones within Pompeii victims’ casts shed light on the multiethnic society of the city and on the connections between victims ...

A cast of two corpses recovered from the ruins of Pompeii, now on display as part of the “A Day In Pompeii” exhibit at the Discovery Place Science Museum in North Carolina. Courtesy of Ken Thomas ...

Pompeii was once a vibrant city full of culture and great prosperity. It had beautiful tree lines streets, large public ...

New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins were often incorrect, showing instead a diverse population with roots in the ...

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

On loan from the Naples National Archeological Museum and the Archeological Park of Pompeii, the artifacts include statues of ...

Nearby were the bodies of another adult and child thought ... Researchers also confirmed Pompeii citizens came from diverse backgrounds but mainly descended from eastern Mediterranean immigrants ...

There, the bodies of 13 people who were trying to escape the eruption were found ... Historian Mary Beard emphasizes in her book that Pompeii was not a normal functioning city when the eruption ...