Smithsonian Magazine on MSN29m
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 ...
A Vesuvius Victim’s Brain Turned into Glass, and Scientists Think They Know How
The hard skull and spine of the man—whose remains archeologists found still in his bed in the town of Herculaneum—likely ...
Hosted on MSN20m
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 Herculaneum after Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark fragments ...
How did this man's brain turn to glass? Scientists have a theory
PARIS: A young man was lying in his bed when a viciously hot cloud of ash swept down from the erupting Mount Vesuvius and ...