Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii upends long-held …
6 days ago · CNN —. Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after a volcanic eruption, overturning misconceptions about their ...
New DNA evidence upends assumptions about Pompeii victims
5 days ago · New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii victims. November 9, 20246:00 AM ET. Emma Bowman. Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the ...
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
Nov 7, 2024 · When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of their bodies, like a mother holding a child and two women embracing as they die. But new DNA evidence suggests things were not as they seem ...
DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were
6 days ago · Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, they managed to extract genetic information from some of those plaster ...
New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii …
5 days ago · New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii victims. Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the casts of two adults and two children who died together, are seen housed at the British Museum in London in 2013. When a volcanic eruption buried the Roman city of Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ...
DNA reveals new stories about Pompeii’s victims - Popular Science
Nov 7, 2024 · In 79 CE, the Somma-Vesuvius volcano system erupted in southern Italy. The earthquakes and violent eruption completely buried the inhabitants of the small Roman town of Pompeii. Volcanic ash ...
Pompeii DNA Overturns Long-Held Assumptions About Its Victims
Nov 7, 2024 · A new analysis of DNA retrieved from the victims of Pompeii reveals our assumptions about them were wrong – a discovery that is giving us insight into the bustling life of Pompeii, before a volcano snuffed it out.
First DNA from Pompeii body casts illuminates who victims were
NEWS; 07 November 2024; First DNA from Pompeii body casts illuminates who victims were. The sex and ancestry of five people who died in the eruption are revealed by genetic material embedded in ...
Pompeii DNA evidence contradicts long-held assumptions about …
6 days ago · New DNA analysis of skeletal remains in the doomed Roman town has revealed that some of the victims of Mount Vesuvius’s eruption in A.D. 79 have been wrongly identified, highlighting how much ...
Ancient DNA Challenges Stories Told About Pompeii Victims
Nov 7, 2024 · A new genetic study demands reexamination of the identities of, and relationships among, some of the people buried and preserved in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Get more HMS news here.
- Some results have been removed