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

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 ...

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

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

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

From maps and pickaxes, it is now possible to discover ancient relics from a distance, as in the case of a recent find.

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

The study builds upon research from 2022 when scientists sequenced the genome of a Pompeii victim for the first time and confirmed the possibility of retrieving ancient DNA from the human remains ...

Pompeii remained buried for more than 1,500 years until it was rediscovered in the 18th century. The layer of volcanic remains had surprisingly preserved the city, and despite the passage of time ...

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

Hoff said because the Pompeii archeological site remains active, the traveling exhibition has changed through the years. Not only are new artifacts added, but new discoveries provide new insights ...