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 ...

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

The extreme conditions produced by the volcano Mount Vesuvius, which erupted in 79 AD, caused a man's brain to turn to glass. The glass brain was found five years ago, and researchers have just ...

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 brain of a victim caught up in the massive eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 1,000 years ... the hot ash enveloped them and more than 1,000 people are thought to have died following the ...

Excavations have found that the brain of what seems to be a human male contained dark glass formed during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in ... the skeletons of two people who didn't die from ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius meant several Roman towns and settlements were destroyed and Pompeii and Herculaneum were completely buried. The remains of more than 1,500 people were found at ...

Scientists have described how the heat from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago was so intense ... killing thousands of people. One of them, in Herculaneum, had his brain rendered ...

A man’s brain was partly turned into glass when Mount Vesuvius erupted. Scientists made the surprise discovery ... "The body of evidence found for the victims at Herculaneum shows that all people died ...

A man’s brain was partly turned into glass when Mount Vesuvius erupted. Scientists made the ... ever been found," Petrone added. Thousands of people were killed and the two cities were buried ...