Two famous victims of the volcanic eruption that devastated Pompeii 2,000 years ago, long thought to be women and dubbed the ...

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

This study also underscores the diverse and cosmopolitan nature of Pompeii's population, reflecting broader patterns of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ancient DNA research has revealed that at the peak of the Roman Empire, many of Rome’s inhabitants were immigrants from the ...

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