Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, covering nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash which buried the towns and hundreds of its ...

Scientists have confirmed a rare discovery in Herculaneum—a man's brain turned to glass during the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D.

Scientists found glass fragments inside the skull of a young man who died in Herculaneum when Mt. Vesuvius exploded in 79 CE.

In a nutshell Scientists discovered a human brain from 79 CE Vesuvius eruption transformed into glass—the only known case of ...

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The research team used X-ray imaging and electron microscopy work out that the brain must have been heated to at least 510C ...

Parts of a human brain solidified into black glass when the eruption of Mount Vesuvius blasted a young man’s bedroom with a ...

A HUNK of dark-coloured glass found inside the skull of an individual who died during the Mount Vesuvius eruption may ...

Researchers in Pompeii were studying the skeleton of a young man who died following the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.