In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

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Italy's Minister of Culture Alessandro ... were killed instantly. As people fled Pompeii or hid in their homes, their bodies were covered by blankets of the surge. While Pliny did not estimate ...

The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was ... After the eruption, bodies of the victims at Pompeii were famously preserved in a protective shell of ash before they eventually decayed.

Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of their bodies, like a mother holding ... University and the University of Florence in Italy, relied on genetic material preserved for ...

Researchers have sequenced DNA from Pompeii ... Italy, CNN quoted. Originally, remains found in certain places were thought ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii, Italy, analyzed a variety of paint pigments, offering glimpse the art of ancient Romans, a study said. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii The ruins of Pompeii, ...

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced the discovery of ancient murals that shed light on ...