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New DNA discovery changes assumptions about Pompeii victims
CNN published an article on Friday discussing the discoveries made from a new Pompeii investigation. Ancient DNA revealed more information about the identities of some of the perished, ultimately debunking prior postulations about these individuals.
DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments
Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in the ways we think.
New DNA evidence rewrites the stories of Pompeii victims
Plaster casts made of victims' bodies appeared to show a mother holding a child and women embracing - but new research has revealed not all is what it seems. | ITV National News
Pompeii DNA evidence suggests victims not as they seemed
Using DNA taken from fragmented skeletal remains, researchers found an adult holding a child, long thought to have been a mother, was actually a man unrelated to the child.
Pompeii DNA evidence leads to surprising new discovery about victims
In mere minutes, the giant cloud of ash and gases killed an estimated 2,000 people, many of whom were unearthed more than a thousand years later. Their decomposed bodies were preserved by the ash, and archaeologists were able to reconstruct their forms using plaster casts of the cavities they left behind. More than 100 casts have been made to date.
DNA analysis rewrites the stories of people buried in Pompeii
Genetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about the people and their relationships
New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii victims
The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, challenge the traditional gender and familial assumptions about the Pompeiians.
New DNA tests of Pompeii dead upend popular stories
Plaster casts of calcified Pompeii residents have long been used by archaeologists to tell the stories of the last, desperate moments of ancient Romans before they were buried and preserved in pyroclastic ash from Mount Vesuvius in A.
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
New research has uncovered several surprises about the last desperate moments of the citizens of the ancient city of Pompeii.
A glimpse into the past: Researchers analyse Pompeii DNA
The scientific data we provide do not always align with common assumptions,” said study co-author and professor David Reich.
Pompeii Victims Wrongfully Identified: DNA Analysis "Restores Faith In Humanity"
All these years later, Pompeii remains a hot spot for tourists in Italy. The location sees 2.5 million visitors per year. The site has several areas to explore, including the Villa of the Mysteries. Even nowadays,
Pompeii archaeological park sets daily visitors’ limit to combat over-tourism
The Pompeii archaeological park plans to limit the number of visitors to 20,000 a day and introduce personalized tickets in a ...
Pompeii caps daily visitors at 20,000 amid overtourism concerns
The Pompeii Archaeological Park announced that starting November 15, it will limit the number of daily visitors to 20,000 and ...
Scientists studying Pompeii make major DNA discovery about eruption that covered city
Scientists studying the remains of people who died in the devastating Mount Vesuvius eruption that buried the ancient city of ...
Everything we know about Pompeii has been turned on its head
Some of the people who died in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2000 years ago may have been misidentified, new ...
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DNA rewrites the history of Pompeii: The woman with the bracelet was a man and unrelated to the child on her lap
Genetic material has uncovered the sex and relationships of some of the most iconic victims of the Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD ...
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RCU partners with National Archaeological Museum of Naples
The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has signed a new strategic partnership with the National Archaeological Museum of Naples ...