Mount Vesuvius was so hot it turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted, fascinating new research shows. A piece of dark ...
Scientists found glass fragments inside the skull of a young man who died in Herculaneum when Mt. Vesuvius exploded in 79 CE.
In the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, a young man lay in bed as the world around him erupted into chaos. It was AD 79, and the ...
Fragments from the brain of a man killed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in the year 79 are smooth and shiny but still contain ...
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago turned a victim’s brain tissue into glass. Scientists say they have figured ...
The disaster that obliterated two cities also created the intense heat and rapid cooling behind the one-of-a-kind ...
A fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter, also called a pyroclastic flow, followed, burying the area. Experts ...
Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...
A man, thought to be the custodian of a religious group, was believed to be in his bed asleep, when a super-hot ash cloud hit ...
The vitrification of a man's brain in ancient Herculaneum offers unique insights into the volcanic eruption of 79 AD.
A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.
A cloud of super-heated volcanic ash and gas exploded the brain of one Herculaneum resident and the fragments inside his ...