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Some of Pompeii’s victims were not who they seemed to be, DNA suggests

POMPEII, Italy (KMID/KPEJ) – A family frozen in time by the volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii nearly two millennia ago. It’s one of the many stories told by observers of the victims of the tragedy ...
Greek Reporter

Thick Clothes Worn by Pompeii Victims Raise Questions About Eruption Timing

Pompeii casts showing victims in heavy wool clothes prompt researchers to question the long-accepted August timing of the AD ...
Artnet

New DNA Testing of Pompeii Victims Just Shattered Long-Held Beliefs

Researchers just shattered centuries’ worth of fantasies surrounding Pompeii with a single study. Eighteen genetics and biology experts from across America and Italy have conducted DNA testing on ...
Newsweek

New DNA Analysis Challenges Narratives About Pompeii Victims’ Last Moments

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D. destroyed Pompeii, a flourishing city located in present-day Italy, and left its people to slowly die from the gases and ash that the volcano ...
WHNT

Some of Pompeii’s victims were not who they seemed to be, DNA suggests

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. POMPEII, Italy (KMID/KPEJ) – A family frozen ...