Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the violent eruption of the Somma-Vesuvius volcanic system engulfed the Roman town of ...
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People have long been fascinated by the haunting plaster casts of the bodies of people who died in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Archaeologists have presented certain popular ...
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When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the people of Pompeii died in one of history’s most infamous natural disasters. For ...
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of ...
A market miles away from Vesuvius may have saved the lives of many who would have otherwise been in the volcano’s path of ...
(CNN) — Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after a volcanic eruption, overturning misconceptions about their ...
Ancient DNA provides an insight into Pompeii life and its residents, contradicting what we thought we knew about the small Roman town. Nearly 2000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius (Campania, Italy) erupted ...
The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was one of the most deadly volcanic events in history, killing up to 16,000 ...
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, it wiped multiple Roman towns off the map — but it also froze them in time. Ash raining down from the volcano blanketed Pompeii and surrounding cities, preserving ...
(CNN) — Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after a volcanic eruption, overturning misconceptions about their ...