Plaster casts of calcified Pompeii residents have long been used by archaeologists to tell the stories of the last, desperate ...

Scientists conducted a DNA analysis of the remains of Pompeii residents who died during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.

The surprising identities of some of the doomed inhabitants of ancient Pompeii have been revealed by a new analysis of their ...

Gladiator II comes to cinemas at a time when cautionary tales about giving self serving man-babies power are especially needed.

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

Recent research conducted by the University of Florence, Harvard University, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary ...

Pompeii’s unique preservation of the tragic tableaux of its citizens’ final moments has provided archaeologists with a way to ...

UNESCO told Newsweek it "is gravely concerned about the threats posed by the conflict to the region's rich cultural heritage." ...

Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and ...

Shocking DNA evidence finds that the identities of bodies at Pompeii are completely different than what scientists have ...

Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...