Two famous victims of the volcanic eruption that devastated Pompeii 2,000 years ago, long thought to be women and dubbed the “Two Maidens”, may have in fact been a heterosexual couple ...

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed in Pompeii, along with a cache ... was like in the city before ...

In a study published Wednesday in Current Biology, researchers detail how DNA samples from Pompeii’s plaster body casts reveal surprises about sex, family ties and the origins of those who lived there ...

Ancient child grave was Africa's earliest funeral Bodies of rich man and slave discovered in Pompeii Vast Roman settlement found by HS2 archaeologists "It was all about the preservation of the ...

The pyroclastic flow that hit Pompeii was so hot that it caused almost instantaneous death, frying people in place. The ash then settled around their bodies, which were covered in more ...

a mosaic floor and stone benches Analysis of two skeletons discovered in the house also shows the horror faced by Pompeii's inhabitants when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79. The bodies belonged to ...