Plaster casts of calcified Pompeii residents have long been used by archaeologists to tell the stories of the last, desperate ...

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Scientists conducted a DNA analysis of the remains of Pompeii residents who died during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.

But DNA evidence recently published in Current Biology suggests things were not as they seem.

DNA analysis of the plastered remains at Pompeii has shown that previous interpretations of the ancient tragedy are ...

POMPEII, Italy (KMID/KPEJ) – A family frozen in time by the volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii nearly two millennia ago. It’s ...

Modern DNA analysis is rewriting the history of Pompeii, revealing unexpected truths about the lives and identities of the ...

Ancient DNA provides an insight into Pompeii life and its residents, contradicting what we thought we knew about the small ...

In mere minutes, the giant cloud of ash and gases killed an estimated 2,000 people, many of whom were unearthed more than a ...

The authors of this latest paper argue that these manipulations should call into question some of the popular interpretations ...

Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...