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 ...
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Vitrified Remains: The Glass Brain of Herculaneum
The vitrification of a man's brain in ancient Herculaneum offers unique insights into the volcanic eruption of 79 AD.
‘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.
Vesuvius Eruption Turned A Man’s Brain To Glass — Now Scientists Know Why
Scientists found glass fragments inside the skull of a young man who died in Herculaneum when Mt. Vesuvius exploded in 79 CE.
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Human brain turned into glass by 1,950-year-old volcanic eruption, scientists stunned
A rare form of dark-colored organic glass formed when an intense ash cloud superheated the individual’s brain before it ...
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 ...
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 ...
An extremely hot ash cloud from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned human brain tissue into glass, study finds
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago turned a victim’s brain tissue into glass. Scientists say they have figured ...
An erupting volcano turned a young man's brain into glass, researchers say
Archaeologists and volcanologists have proven that the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius turned a young man's brain into glass.
Pompeii volcanic eruption was so hot it turned brain to glass
“Here we demonstrate that material with glassy appearance found within the skull of a seemingly male human body entombed ...
Study: Hot Vesuvian ash cloud really did turn a brain to 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 ...