Science is revealing the true stories of Pompeii’s victims beneath the ash
People have long projected stories onto the poignant casts of Pompeii’s victims. A new study uses ancient DNA analysis to ...
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 ...
Historians Got It Wrong: New DNA Evidence From Pompeii Challenges Long-Held Beliefs About Ancient Rome
New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins ...
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Pompeii bombshell as new analysis of famous ‘two maidens’ mummified by 500C volcanic ash may reveal who they REALLY are
It is now believed that the two Pompeii victims, known as "The Two Maidens", might have actually been young male gay lovers. So far, one of the bodies has been confirmed as male. At first ...
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DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were
People have long been fascinated by the haunting plaster casts of the bodies of people who died in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Archaeologists have presented certain popular ...
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We’ve Been Wrong About the Pompeii Victims All Along
A paper on 14 victims from Pompeii describes how DNA analysis shows a different story behind the relationships of the ...
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Some of Pompeii’s victims were not who they seemed to be, DNA suggests
Pompeii is located about 150 miles from Rome. Plea hearing postponed for funeral home owners accused of letting 190 bodies ...
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First DNA from Pompeii body casts illuminates who victims were
Since excavations of the ruins of Pompeii began in the 1700s, more than 100 plaster casts of the victims’ bodies have been ...
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DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Ancient DNA has ...