Pompeian

“We’re seeing here the last phase of the Pompeian wall painting with incredible details, so you can stand before these images for hours and still discover new details,” the archaeological park’s energetic director told The Associated Press ahead of the public inauguration.

We're partial to the specialty brand Valpolicella, as well as the grocery store favorite Pompeian.

It was the first time that a complete stretch of mitochondrial DNA from Pompeian human or animal remains had been genetically decoded.

Why was the Pompeian male lying down?

This first "Pompeian human genome" is an almost complete set of "genetic instructions" from the victims, encoded in DNA extracted from their bones.