Archaeologists have long thought these two embracing bodies found at the Pompeii site were sisters, a mother and daughter, or ...

New DNA analysis of skeletal remains from Pompeii reveals that victims of Vesuvius’s eruption have been wrongly identified.

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

Scientists conducted a DNA analysis of the remains of Pompeii's inhabitants, who perished during the eruption of Vesuvius in ...

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

Some of the people who were buried in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted may have been misidentified, according to fresh ...

Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the casts of two adults and two children who ...

Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the ...

Shocking DNA evidence finds that the identities of bodies at Pompeii are completely different than what scientists have ...

DNA evidence showed the four were male and not related to one another, clearly showing "the story that was long spun around these individuals" was wrong, Mittnik said. Researchers also confirmed ...

In 79 CE, the active volcanic system in southern Italy known as Somma-Vesuvius erupted, burying the small Roman town of ...