A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...
Plaster casts of calcified Pompeii residents have long been used by archaeologists to tell the stories of the last, desperate ...
Last week, with the use of DNA, researchers revealed that long-held assumptions missed the mark, providing tantalizing ...
New DNA analysis challenges existing hypotheses about the identities and relationships of victims found in Pompeii after the ...
Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...
While the Greeks, Etruscans and Samnites attempted to conquer it, Pompeii became a Roman colony, the study authors noted. But Mount Vesuvius’ eruption wiped it and other nearby Roman settlements ...
Glide over the remarkable ruins of Pompeii with this stunning drone footage. Witness the preserved streets, villas, and ...
The body was first found to be of a male, likely around 30 years of age. At first, archaeologists believed that he had ...