Archaeologists have discovered vitrified brain tissue in a young man who perished during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 ...

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

A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.

The hard skull and spine of the man—whose remains archeologists found still in his bed in the town of Herculaneum—likely ...

The vitrification of a man's brain in ancient Herculaneum offers unique insights into the volcanic eruption of 79 AD.

It is a unique case of the formation of vitrified organic material found in the skull of a young adult male, buried by the ...

Archaeologists and volcanologists have proven that the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius turned a young man's brain into glass.

For several years now, we've been following a tantalizing story indicating that the high heat of the ash cloud generated when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD was sufficiently hot to turn one of the ...

A unique organic glass discovered in the brain of a victim of the 79 AD Mount Vesuvius eruption is the first known example of ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD froze tragic scenes of life in time. Among them, a rare phenomenon: the vitrification ...

A deadly ash cloud preserved the man's brain as glass for thousands of years.

Scientists have discovered the reason behind the transformation of a young man's brain to glass following the eruption of ...