Gabriel Zuchtriegel’s spirited part-history, part-memoir evokes the everyday life of the ancient city, and poses some very ...

When Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, it buried several Roman towns, including Pompeii. Many of Pompeii’s residents were completely ...

An estimated 20,000 people lived in Pompeii at the time and many were consumed by a wave of ash, pumice and mud, freezing ...

Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and ...

When excavations began at the Pompeii site centuries later, archaeologists uncovered nearly 1,000 outlines of people, both isolated and grouped together, in houses, squares, streets, gardens and ...

Science is revealing the true stories of Pompeii’s victims beneath the ash. Analysis of ancient DNA rewrites what we know about the relationships between the people buried there in A.D. 79.

A loaf of bread, divided into eight slices, lies preserved in Pompeii, where it was found inside an earthen oven. Wheat bread ...

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 ...

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 ...

An estimated 20,000 people lived in Pompeii at the time and many were consumed by a wave of ash, pumice and mud, freezing them in place beneath a fresh layer of volcanic sediment.

DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Journal Current Biology DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.007. Keywords ...

DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption. Study refutes previous assumptions and reveals the cosmopolitan origin of the inhabitants of ... Institute for Evolutionary ...