A DNA Discovery Shatters the Truth About Pompeii’s Famous Victims
A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...
Historians Got It Wrong: New DNA Evidence From Pompeii Challenges Long-Held Beliefs About Ancient Rome
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 ...
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A DNA Discovery Shatters the Truth About Pompeii’s Famous Victims
Some of the victims of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D. in Pompeii were cast in plaster to preserve the scene. New DNA studies of those victims tell a different tale than what experts had ...
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New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
Casts were created from the voids in the late 1800s. The streets of Pompeii (Jim Bourdier/AP) Researchers focused on 14 casts ...
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HMS Study Suggests New Narratives for Pompeii Victims
New DNA analysis challenges existing hypotheses about the identities and relationships of victims found in Pompeii after the ...
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A New DNA Analysis Of Pompeii Victims Revealed Some Have Been Misidentified
In the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, houses, frescos, and artifacts have been preserved for visitors to observe. They ...
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Pompeii Two Maidens Were Likely Gay Lovers, Scientists Claim
New DNA evidence challenges the story of Pompeii's Two Maidens, once thought to be female relatives, scientists now call them ...