Nearly 2,000 years ago, a young man's brain in Herculaneum turned to glass during Mount Vesuvius' eruption, due to extreme ...
A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.
It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of ...
Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...
The only known case of a human brain being turned to glass, that of a man caught in the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius at the ...
Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the body of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Herculaneum ...
Mount Vesuvius was so hot it turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted, fascinating new research shows. A piece of dark ...
When volcanic disaster struck the Roman city of Herculaneum in 79 CE, a young man, believed to have been a guardian of a public building, met his demise in a flash of superheated ash. But his brain ...
The vitrification of a man's brain in ancient Herculaneum offers unique insights into the volcanic eruption of 79 AD.
A deadly ash cloud preserved the man's brain as glass for thousands of years.
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 ...
Archaeologists and volcanologists have proven that the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius turned a young man's brain into glass.