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 ...

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

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

Alexander the Great is one of the legendary conquerors of ancient history who sparked the imagination of generations of ...

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

It took over two years, but divers in Sicily finally scoured a shipwreck off the island's south shore, and found lots of ...

The other big factor in Trump’s spectacular comeback, the virulent dog-whistle racism that so many older white males responded to, is more specifically American and deeply shameful. However, it is due ...

In 79 CE, the active volcanic system in southern Italy known as Somma-Vesuvius erupted, burying the small Roman town of ...

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

Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the ...

Study refutes previous assumptions and reveals the cosmopolitan origin of the inhabitants of PompeiiResearchers from the ...