Last week, with the use of DNA, researchers revealed that long-held assumptions missed the mark, providing tantalizing ...

Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

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.

Archaeologists uncovered the remains inside a small, makeshift bedroom in a villa that was undergoing reconstruction when ...

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 ...

On August 24, 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted and encased the nearby ... Phaedra—named after a fresco of the Athenian Queen found inside—the house contains similarly erotic works of art ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, the volcano spewed hot, lethal gases and ash into the air, slowly killing most of the ...

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