The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number of terrifying ways ...

Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by Vesuvius's eruption in 79 CE.

A HUNK of dark-coloured glass found inside the skull of an individual who died during the Mount Vesuvius eruption may actually be a fossilised brain, researchers have revealed. Glass rarely forms ...

Transforming the brain tissue to glass would have required an extremely hot and fast-moving ash cloud, lab experiments suggest.

A man's brain was partly turned into glass after Mount Vesuvius erupted. Researchers discovered dark fragments resembling obsidian in the skull of a man in the ancient settlement of Herculaneum.

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius produced such a hot ash cloud that it turned victims' brains into glass, according to a new study. Researchers have unearthed a piece of dark-coloured organic glass ...

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 ...

World History Archive/Alamy Supported by By Franz Lidz When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, fiery avalanches of ash and pumice assaulted Pompeii, displacing some 15,000 inhabitants and killing ...

A cloud of super-heated volcanic ash and gas exploded the brain of one Herculaneum resident and the fragments inside his skull became an extremely rare organic glass ...

Researchers examining the remains of a man whose brain supposedly turned into glass when he was killed nearly 2,000 years ago in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius said they likely know what ...

Volcanic eruption buried ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum Victims were preserved in sudden death in the two cities Man was exposed to heat of 510 degrees Celsius (950°F) Feb 27 (Reuters) - It was ...