In mere minutes, the giant cloud of ash and gases killed an estimated 2,000 people, many of whom were unearthed more than a ...

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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 ...

Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the ...

POMPEII, Italy (KMID/KPEJ) – A family frozen in time by the volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii nearly two millennia ago. It’s ...

The Pompeii archaeological park plans to limit the number of visitors to 20,000 a day and introduce personalized tickets in a ...

The ancient Roman archaeological park of Pompeii in southern Italy has taken a major step on Friday, November 8, as a ...

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

Incredibly well preserved dinosaurs at China fossil site were thought to have been buried in huge volcanic eruptions, similar ...

People have long projected stories onto the poignant casts of Pompeii’s victims. A new study uses ancient DNA analysis to ...

From November 15, tickets for the Pompeii Archaeological Park will be personalized and will include the names of visitors. A ...