It is now believed that the two Pompeii victims, known as "The Two Maidens", might have actually been young male gay lovers. So far, one of the bodies has been confirmed as male. At first ...

A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...

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 ...

In the ruins of Pompeii, visitors aren’t only able to see the houses, frescos and artifacts of the ancient city’s people.

The Superintendent of the Pompeii archaeological site, Massimo Osanna, previously said that ‘The Two Maidens’ being “lovers is a hypothesis that cannot be dismissed.” The researchers also ...