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With DNA, Pompeii Narratives Take a Twist
8 November 2024 at 00:00
In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic material suggests.
A plaster cast of a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79, on display Pompeii in March.
© Cesare Abbate/EPA, via Shutterstock
