A recent genetic study calls for a reexamination of the identities and relationships of several individuals buried and ...

While the true nature of their relationship remains unclear, experts say they may have been gay lovers. Massimo Osanna, superintendent of the Pompeii archaeological site, previously said ...

The Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. blanketed Pompeii in destruction ... Some have hypothesized the two people could be ...

In the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, houses, frescos, and artifacts have been preserved for visitors to observe. They ...

Pompeii adopts a limited number and nominative ticket to preserve its heritage and respond to overtourism. Daily admissions limited to 20 thousand ...

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 ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

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

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