Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by Vesuvius's eruption in 79 CE.

Pier Paolo Petrone In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted ... preserving everything from the shape of victims’ bodies to frescoes in private villas and library scrolls. Archaeologists even ...

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 ...

Pompeii volcanic eruption was so hot it turned brain to glass - Fiery ash cloud that dissipated quickly was likely first deadly event during Mount Vesuvius eruption ...

In 79 AD, Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted, utterly destroying the towns of Pompeii ... hot enough to kill people and raise the temperature of their bodies to above 500 or 600 degrees Celsius (between ...

Now a team of international researchers has unearthed a finding not only unique from the Vesuvius event, but in all of archaeology. The group found that the brain in a body killed in the eruption ...

In 79 AD, Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted, utterly destroying the ... hot enough to kill people and raise the temperature of their bodies to above 500 or 600 degrees Celsius (between 930 and ...

A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.

They still can’t agree on the day Vesuvius blew its top ... heavy wool clothing found on bodies; wine in sealed jars, indicating that the grape harvest was over; and wood-burning braziers ...

In 79 AD, Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted, utterly destroying the ... hot enough to kill people and raise the temperature of their bodies to above 500 or 600 degrees Celsius (between 930 and ...