The eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago turned a victim’s brain tissue into glass. Scientists say they have figured ...

Researchers who examined the remains of a man whose brain was purported to have turned into glass when he was killed nearly 2 ...

A fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter, also called a pyroclastic flow, followed, burying the area. Experts ...

Along with volcanic ash, his brain and spinal cord were found ... had literally turned to a glass-like material — vitrified — in a truly unique example of natural alchemy.

Scientists found glass fragments inside the skull of a young man who died in Herculaneum when Mt. Vesuvius exploded in 79 CE.

Fragments from the brain of a man killed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in the year 79 are smooth and shiny but still contain ...

When volcanic disaster struck the Roman city of Herculaneum in 79 CE, a young man, believed to have been a guardian of a ...

It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of ...

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

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 ...

An international team of Earth and life scientists, hydrologists, chemists, and physicists, has found evidence showing that ...