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

Around the world, museums are grappling with the question of what to do with human remains. This includes lifelike copies of those who may have died traumatically.

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The fresco was over 100 years old when the eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed the city. In the room next door, archaeologists found a black reception area decorated with scenes from the Trojan War.

Credit: Pier Paolo Petrone. In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the Roman city of Herculaneum. Thousands of people were killed instantly. Now, scientists have made a shocking discovery ...

A unique, dark-colored organic glass found inside the skull of an individual who died in Herculaneum during the 79 CE Mount Vesuvius eruption likely formed when the person was killed by an extremely ...

Scientists have discovered the reason behind the transformation of a young man's brain to glass following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy in 79 AD. In 2020, the researchers found the black ...

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 ...

Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that buried Herculaneum and Pompeii in 79 A.D. Credit: The Dronaut / CC BY-SA 4.0 Scientists examining the remains of a man who perished in the catastrophic eruption of ...