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

New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii The discovery opens up different interpretations for who these people might have been.

But, as she points out, there’s “an endless amount, truly an endless amount.” Thanks to countless books and movies, most people know the basics about Pompeii: it was an ancient Roman city ...

Archaeologists long thought these two embracing bodies found at Pompeii were sisters, a mother and daughter, or lovers. Ancient DNA analysis revealed both to be young people, and one of them is male.

This image provided by the Archeological Park of Pompeii shows a group of casts, numbers 50, 51 and 52, made in 1974 from the Casa del Bracciale d'Oro in Pompeii. (Courtesy of MIC, Archaeological ...

New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii The discovery opens up different interpretations for who these people might have been.

New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii. New research has uncovered several surprises about the last desperate moments of the citizens of the ancient city of Pompeii.

When archaeologists in Pompeii discovered an almost 2,000-year-old fresco of what’s being referred to as a “proto-pizza” in June, people nearly lost their minds. While the flat piece 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 ...

New DNA Evidence Rewrites Long-Told Stories of People in Ancient Pompeii When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...

New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii The discovery opens up different interpretations for who these people might have been.