An ancient-DNA analysis of victims in Pompeii who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption reveals some unusual relations between the people who died together.

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 ...

In another example, a couple who died in an embrace ... human-shaped holes left after the bodies had decomposed to create casts of the victims. Related: Pompeii victims died in 'extreme agony ...

Now, many argue that the bodies belonged to a same-sex couple and not two sisters or a mother and child. When Mount Vesuvius erupted 2,000 years ago in 79 AD, the city of Pompeii was obliterated, ...

Their bodies, encased in volcanic ash, were not rediscovered until excavations began in 1748. Over 1,000 sets of remains from Pompeii victims have been found ... as well as a couple in a bedroom. As ...

Researchers also found Pompeii citizens came from diverse backgrounds but mainly descended from eastern Mediterranean immigrants, illustrating how much people moved around and the multi-cultural ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments ... Police in southern Mexico find 11 bodies, including two of minors, dumped by a highway Police in a ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments ... Police in southern Mexico find 11 bodies, including two of minors, dumped by a highway Police in a ...

Following the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, the bodies of numerous victims were ... called the House of the Cryptoporticus, a ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments ... rife with drug cartel violence have found 11 bodies, including two of minors, dumped by a highway ...