Pompeii DNA evidence leads to surprising new discovery about victims
In mere minutes, the giant cloud of ash and gases killed an estimated 2,000 people, many of whom were unearthed more than a thousand years later. Their decomposed bodies were preserved by the ash, and archaeologists were able to reconstruct their forms using plaster casts of the cavities they left behind. More than 100 casts have been made to date.
Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...
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DNA results rewrite longtime Pompeii narrativeDNA evidence showed the four were male and not related to one another, clearly showing “the story that was long spun around ...
New DNA evidence from the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii reveal that many of the presumptuous narratives about the ...
Scientists studying the remains of people who died in the devastating Mount Vesuvius eruption that buried the ancient city of ...
DNA evidence showed the four were male and not related to one another, clearly showing "the story that was long spun around these individuals" was wrong, Mittnik said. Researchers also confirmed ...
Ancient DNA provides an insight into Pompeii life and its residents, contradicting what we thought we knew about the ...
An international study has found assumptions on the sex and relationships of individuals found in the ruins of the ancient ...
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, trapping dozens of residents in their ...
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