The naumachiae seem mostly to have been recreations of famous historical engagements – in the movie, it's the Battle of ...
A maximum of 20,000 people will be allowed to enter each day in an effort to protect the historic site in Italy, where ...
New DNA analysis challenges existing hypotheses about the identities and relationships of victims found in Pompeii after the ...
New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins were often incorrect, showing instead a diverse population with roots in the ...
A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...
The body was first found to be of a male, likely around 30 years of age. At first, archaeologists believed that he had ...
New DNA evidence challenges the story of Pompeii's Two Maidens, once thought to be female relatives, scientists now call them ...
This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...
Muhammad Syed sentenced to life in prison for the killing of three Muslim men ...
The saying goes that it takes a village to raise a child, and new research out of Pompeii seems to showcase just how common ...
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for centuries.
Since the first-ever excavation of Pompeii in 1748, more and more has been discovered about the ancient city that was at the ...