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 ...

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

Fourteen miles southeast of modern Naples lies Pompeii, a city frozen in time by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

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

The discoveries, published Thursday in a new study in the journal Current Biology, are upending researchers’ understanding of the population demographics in Pompeii as well as how bodies found ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, trapping dozens of residents in their ...