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Revisiting Human Remains at Pompeii Rewrites the Story of Mt. Vesuvius' Victims
Turns out that saying rings true for the folks who thought they understood the nature of the Pompeii residents killed in 79 C ...
A DNA Discovery Shatters the Truth About Pompeii’s Famous Victims
A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...
Scientists Solve Mystery of Pompeii’s Famous “Mother and Child”
A recent genetic study calls for a reexamination of the identities and relationships of several individuals buried and ...
DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were
Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, ...
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 for centuries.
New DNA evidence at Pompeii reveals surprises about identities of Vesuvius eruption victims
Victims thought to be female were male and not related to one another, showing "the story that was long spun around these individuals" was wrong, researchers said.