A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the Roman city of Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago ... and two sisters embracing in their final moments. New DNA evidence has upended some of those assumptions ...

Now, scientists have used ancient DNA collected from the casts that have been made to better understand the Pompeii residents and their origins. What they found alters history that’s been ...

But new DNA evidence suggests things were not as they ... Researchers also confirmed Pompeii citizens came from diverse backgrounds but mainly descended from eastern Mediterranean immigrants ...

Over 1,900 years later, new genetic research is rewriting ... The researchers argue that the diversity within Pompeii highlights the value of viewing ancient societies through a multidisciplinary lens ...

Pompeii Ancient DNA FILE - Jewelry found ... like a mother holding a child and two women embracing as they die. But new DNA evidence suggests things were not as they seem — and these prevailing ...