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

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

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

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.

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 ...

The home was buried beneath the ash and debris that wiped out Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. but elaborate ... and adding to the intrigue is the fact that it contains such lavish art ...

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