Their remains decayed long ago, besides their skeletons. But they left behind human-shaped voids in the hardened ash which early investigators of Pompeii learned to fill with plaster, giving them ...

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

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 ...

Turns out that saying rings true for the folks who thought they understood the nature of the Pompeii residents killed in 79 C ...

Pompeii was engulfed by a volcanic eruption ... Excavation work is continuing at the archaeological site, located near Naples, but it remains closed to tourists because of coronavirus measures.

Flying rock crushed Pompeii victim's head Pompeii's not-so-ancient Roman remains But he did not return from the venture. Pliny the Younger, meanwhile, watched the destruction unfold from the other ...

Learning more about the remains of people at Pompeii can help others appreciate those who lost their lives in the disaster, said Caitie Barrett, an associate professor in the department of ...

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

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made ...

For example, the remains of the person wearing the golden ... who has led excavations in Pompeii. He notes that most narratives built around the plaster casts are simplified interpretations ...

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