Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a victim’s brain into glass
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number of terrifying ways ...
Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a man's brain into glass. Here's how it happened
It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of ...
Preserved in Glass: How Mount Vesuvius Locked This Roman’s Brain in Time
Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...
A young man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they have figured out how
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago turned a victim’s brain tissue into glass. Scientists say they have figured ...
Mount Vesuvius eruption turned part of man's brain into glass after super-hot ash cloud
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 ...
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Man’s Brain Turned To Glass During the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Scientists have confirmed a rare discovery in Herculaneum—a man's brain turned to glass during the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D.
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See the Stunning Frescoes of a Mysterious Dionysian Cult Discovered in Ancient Pompeii
Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into ...
Mount Vesuvius turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted 2,000 years ago
Mount Vesuvius was so hot it turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted, fascinating new research shows. A piece of dark ...
Mount Vesuvius eruption turned man's brain partly into glass
Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the body of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Herculaneum ...
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Mount Vesuvius turned this ancient brain into glass. Here’s how
Transforming the brain tissue to glass would have required an extremely hot and fast-moving ash cloud, lab experiments suggest.
Newly discovered Pompeii frieze shows wild Bacchanalian rituals
Uncovered in what was once a spacious banqueting hall that opened onto a garden, the frieze dates back to the 1st century BC, ...
‘Brain vitrification’: new research shows how the Vesuvius eruption turned a man’s brain to glass
A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.