New DNA evidence proves popular narratives about Pompeii victims are entirely false: study

Nov 07, 2024

New DNA evidence from the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii reveal that many of the presumptuous narratives about the charred victims are entirely false, according to a new study. Researchers, including some from Harvard University, focused on fourteen of the castings of bodies that were created in the late 1880s to preserve the...