The Romans ruled much of the British Isles from A.D. 43 to 410. When the empire left Britain, the Germanic Anglo-Saxons ...

Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in ... When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries.

A recent genetic study calls for a reexamination of the identities and relationships of several individuals buried and ...

A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of Pompeii in Naples, Italy—asserts that ancient DNA taken from some of the victims ...

Some of the victims of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D. in Pompeii were cast in plaster ... Instead, the adult in the scene wearing the jewelry was a male who was biologically unrelated ...

In the ruins of Pompeii, visitors aren’t only able to see the houses, frescos and artifacts of the ancient city’s people.

Memphis is set to welcome an unparalleled historical experience this November with the debut of Pompeii: The Exhibition, arriving for a limited run at the Graceland Exhibition Center. This renowned ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii ... Credit: AP Photo/Jim Bourdier, File Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the casts ...

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A new DNA analysis of Pompeii victims has challenged the stories told about the last moments of the ancient city's people ... after an intricate piece of jewelry that the adult wore, which ...

When a volcanic eruption engulfed the ancient city of Pompeii, the final desperate moments of its citizens ... The adult wore an intricate piece of jewelry, for which the house was named, reinforcing ...