An erupting volcano turned a young man's brain into glass, researchers say
Archaeologists and volcanologists have proven that the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius turned a young man's brain into glass.
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Ancient Roman guard’s brain turned to glass after Vesuvius eruption
In a nutshell Scientists discovered a human brain from 79 CE Vesuvius eruption transformed into glass—the only known case of natural organic glass preservation in history. The brain vitrified at ...
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A young man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they have figured out how
However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy substance inside the skull of a person killed during the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 ... a volcanologist at Roma Tre University ...
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Vesuvius Turned a Roman Man’s Brain Into Glass. Now, Scientists Reveal How the Extremely Rare Preservation Happened
The remains of a young man, found in his bed in the destroyed town of Herculaneum, included glassy fragments that had mystified archaeologists ...
Archaeologists stumble on rare remains of Roman soldier 'turned to glass' by Vesuvius
The extreme and rapid nature of Mount Vesuvius' pyroclastic flows vitrified the brain tissue of the unfortunate Roman soldier ...
An ancient volcano victim's brain turned to glass. Scientists now think they know how
To make glass from soft tissue the sequence of events must be exactly right. This is how experts think it went down ...
Vesuvius eruption turned sleeping man’s brain to glass
Shard found inside a skull at Herculaneum was created as a result of a superheated cloud coming from the volcano, scientists prove ...
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Historic Herculaneum - Uncovering Vesuvius, Pompeii and ancient Naples: Italy
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Very rare paintings depicting the god of wine unearthed in Pompeii 2,000 years after city was buried by ash and lava
An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ...
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Vesuvius Erupted, but When Exactly?
World History Archive/Alamy Supported by By Franz Lidz When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, fiery avalanches of ash and pumice assaulted Pompeii, displacing some 15,000 inhabitants and killing ...