A rare organic glass was found inside a skull from Herculaneum’s 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. Researchers determined that a super ...

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

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

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 ...

Heat from the eruption in A.D. 79 was so intense that it vitrified the brain tissue of one unfortunate Herculaneum resident, ...

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

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

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

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

A HUNK of dark-coloured glass found inside the skull of an individual who died during the Mount Vesuvius eruption may ...

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

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