Identity of casts of victims at #Pompeii not all they seem, research suggests - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/07/identity-of-casts-of-victims-at-pompeii-not-all-they-seem-research-suggests "extracted ancient nuclear and mitochondrial #DNA from samples of bone fragments mixed with plaster taken from 14 casts that were undergoing restoration"