Scientists studying Pompeii make major DNA discovery about eruption that covered city
Scientists studying the remains of people who died in the devastating Mount Vesuvius eruption that buried the ancient city of Pompeii have made major DNA discoveries more than a 1,000 years after the event took place.
New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii victims
The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, challenge the traditional... When a volcanic eruption buried the Roman city of Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago, a thick layer of volcanic ...
New Pompeii DNA Research Reveals Surprising Family, Gender Roles in Ancient City
The saying goes that it takes a village to raise a child, and new research out of Pompeii seems to showcase just how common this phenomenon might've been in the ancient Roman city. A new study published in the Current Biology journal explains how new DNA research from body casts in Pompeii
DNA reveals new stories about Pompeii’s victims
A new genetic analysis of 14 bodies recovered from Pompeii is casting doubt on some of the initial interpretations of their identities before the cataclysmic volcanic eruption. A team of archaeologists and geneticists used a new genomic analysis to find out more about who these individuals were.
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the casts of two adults and two children who died together in the house in Pompeii, at the exhibition, “Life and death Pompeii and Herculaneum,
New DNA Analysis Challenges Narratives About Pompeii Victims' Last Moments
A study published Thursday retold some famous stories about Pompeii citizens before they died from the eruption of Mount ...
New DNA evidence at Pompeii reveals surprises about identities of Vesuvius eruption victims
The Herculaneum papyri consist of about 800 rolled-up Greek scrolls that were carbonized during the 79 CE volcanic eruption that buried the ancient Roman town, according to the organizers of the ...
DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments
Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...
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Cretaceous 'Pompeii' of China isn't what we thought
Incredibly well preserved dinosaurs at China fossil site were thought to have been buried in huge volcanic eruptions, similar ...
A glimpse into the past: Researchers analyse Pompeii DNA
The scientific data we provide do not always align with common assumptions,” said study co-author and professor David Reich.
DNA rewrites history of Pompeii victims buried in volcanic eruption centuries ago
Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the ...
Pompeii’s ‘Two Maidens’ locked in dying embrace are a heterosexual couple, DNA analysis suggests
Two famous victims of the volcanic eruption that devastated Pompeii 2,000 years ago, long thought to be women and dubbed the ...
Ancient Pompeii site daily visits limited to 20,000
A volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, but an avalanche of tourists has caused officials to ...
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Pompeii DNA analysis explained: Volcano victims 'The Two Maidens' were gay lovers?
DNA analysis revealed that at least one of 'The Two Maidens' were men; giving rise to the argument that the dead bodies ...
NASA Image Reveals Ash Fallout After Deadly Indonesia Volcano Eruption
The volcano, which erupted again on Thursday, has spewed ash over the surrounding Indonesian island of Flores. Satellites captured the devastation from space.