Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city ... relied on genetic material preserved for nearly two millennia. After Mount Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the Roman city in 79 A.D., bodies ...

The Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. blanketed Pompeii in destruction. To preserve the historical nature of the event and ...

Moments before one of the largest underwater volcanic eruptions smothered the Pacific island of Tonga, a strange signal ...

The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, ...

Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while Pompeii, which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was ...

An ancient-DNA analysis of victims in Pompeii who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption reveals some unusual relations between the people who died together.

The January 15 eruption had a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) rating of at least VEI-5, roughly on par with historic ...

Discover what life was like in Gladiator: this is what Pompeii, its streets and the Colosseum would have looked like before ...

In recent times areas around Naples have seen a flurry of activities as government agencies conduct drills to make citizens ...