New DNA Analysis Challenges Narratives About Pompeii Victims' Last Moments
A study published Thursday retold some famous stories about Pompeii citizens before they died from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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.
Pompeii DNA analysis explained: Volcano victims 'The Two Maidens' were gay lovers?
DNA analysis revealed that at least one of 'The Two Maidens' were men; giving rise to the argument that the dead bodies beloned to two same-sex couple from Pompeii
Pompeii DNA evidence contradicts long-held assumptions about victims buried in ash
New DNA analysis of skeletal remains from Pompeii reveals that victims of Vesuvius’s eruption have been wrongly identified.
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.
DNA reveals new stories about Pompeii’s victims
A new genetic analysis of 14 bodies recovered from Pompeii is casting doubt on some of the initial interpretations of their identities before the cataclysmic volcanic eruption. A team of archaeologists and geneticists used a new genomic analysis to find out more about who these individuals were.
Highest Alert for Volcano Unleashing Columns of Hot Clouds
A powerful eruption from Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano left at least nine dead earlier this week.
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Living on a volcano’s edge, Italians practice for disaster
POZZUOLI, Italy – A piercing alarm burst from millions of cellphones, a signal to hundreds of thousands of people to pack their bags and flee one of Europe’s most dangerous volcanoes.
At Least 10 Killed in Indonesia After Volcano Erupts
The authorities warned of more volcanic activity at Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, which has erupted dozens of times in the past ...
Indonesian volcano spews ash 10 km high, thousands evacuate
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted several times on Friday, belching volcanic ash that rose up to 10 km (32,800 ft) ...
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Sep. 24, 2024 — A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within extinct volcanoes is likely abundant with rare earth elements and could offer a new way to source these in-demand metals ...
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At least 10 dead as Indonesia’s Laki-Laki volcano erupts, burns homes
Then I realised the volcano had erupted, so I ran outside,” hairdresser Hermanus Mite told the AFP news agency. “I saw flames coming out and immediately fled. There were ashes and stones ...
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Volcanoes don't cause climate change — but it could be the other way around
A recent report from the Icelandic Meteorological Office suggests that magma is building up underground near a volcano known as Askja, a mountain about the size of Mount St. Helens in Vatnajokull ...
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Indonesia volcano eruption: At least 10 killed as lava and flaming rocks shoot into sky
At least 10 people have been killed after an enormous volcano erupted in Indonesia last night. Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki spewed thick brown ash 6,500ft into the air as hot "ash bombs" rained down ...
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Scientists uncover surprising truth about identity of Pompeii victims
A family of four was frozen in time under a staircase when the ash fell on Pompeii from the erupting volcano Mount Vesuvius ...