The individual died at the age of 20 years when the volcano erupted in 79 AD near modern-day Naples. Scientists hypothesized that a cloud of ash as hot as 510 degrees covered the brain and then ...

Archaeologists and volcanologists have proven that the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius turned a young man's brain into glass.

The extreme conditions produced by the volcano Mount Vesuvius, which erupted in 79 AD, caused a man's brain ... with their remains preserved by layers of ash. One particularly unlucky victim ...

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

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 ...

The Mount Vesuvius eruption had somehow turned the man's brain into glass. It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of ...

He has covered archeology ... was destroyed when Vesuvius erupted in the year 79 AD. Whereas in Pompeii the streets were buried under more than a dozen feet of volcanic ash and pumice, Herculaneum ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, burying the cities of Pompeii ... Archaeologists are continually uncovering more from the ash-covered city. In May archaeologists uncovered an alleyway ...

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 ...

They say the vitrification - transformation into glass - of the victim's brain happened when a scorching ash cloud suddenly ... killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD lie in the remains ...

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 ...