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 ...

Mount Vesuvius was so hot it turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted, fascinating new research shows. A piece of dark ...

Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...

Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the body of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Herculaneum ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 erupted in 79AD, covering nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash which buried the towns and hundreds of its ...

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