When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...
Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the ...
In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic ...
People have long projected stories onto the poignant casts of Pompeii’s victims. A new study uses ancient DNA analysis to ...
In 79 AD, Italy’s Mount Vesuvius exploded, raining ash and volcanic debris down on the city of Pompeii and its tens of ...
Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the ...
The sex and ancestry of five people who died in the eruption are revealed by genetic material embedded in the casts.
Genetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about ...
Shocking DNA evidence finds that the identities of bodies at Pompeii are completely different than what scientists have ...
The volcanic material dumped on Pompeii when Vesuvius exploded acted as a sort of flash fossilization process. It fell on and around the dead and dying, then set in place. When the bodies succumbed to ...
DNA analysis at Pompeii did more than challenge assumptions about family ties; it also revealed the diverse ancestry of ...
In 79 CE, the active volcanic system in southern Italy known as Somma-Vesuvius erupted, burying the small Roman town of ...