currently in charge of Pompeii excavations ... The victim removed last week was a strongly built man sprawling on his belly, legs wide apart, hands covering his face, neck drawn in.

The body was first found to be of a male, likely around 30 years of age. At first, archaeologists believed that he had ...

Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the ...

A recent DNA study has upended long-held theories about the people who died in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, revealing ...

In August, archaeologists at Pompeii announced they had unearthed the remains of two more victims -- a man and a woman discovered inside what was likely the bedroom of their home, where they'd ...

Pompeii’s unique preservation of the tragic ... coins and wore an engraved iron ring bearing a female figurine. The man was thin and about 6 feet (1.85 meters) tall, and based on the traces ...

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed in Pompeii, along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry, archaeologists say. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the ...

It’s a bone-chilling discovery. Archeologists at Pompeii have recovered well-preserved skeletal remains of a man and woman ...

Archaeologists at Pompeii have uncovered the remains of an unfortunate man who was decapitated by an enormous rock while fleeing the volcano. Nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, killing many ...

One was probably a man of high status, and the other his slave, officials at the Pompeii archaeological park said. They "were perhaps seeking refuge" from the eruption "when they were swept away ...