Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a man's brain into glass. Here's how it happened
It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of ...
A young man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they have figured out how
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago turned a victim’s brain tissue into glass. Scientists say they have figured ...
Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a victim’s brain into glass
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number of terrifying ways ...
Preserved in Glass: How Mount Vesuvius Locked This Roman’s Brain in Time
Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...
Mount Vesuvius eruption turned part of man's brain into glass after super-hot ash cloud
A man, thought to be the custodian of a religious group, was believed to be in his bed asleep, when a super-hot ash cloud hit ...
Mount Vesuvius eruption turned man's brain partly into glass
Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the body of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Herculaneum ...
‘Brain vitrification’: new research shows how the Vesuvius eruption turned a man’s brain to glass
A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.
Mount Vesuvius victim’s brain turned to GLASS after deadly ash cloud boiled their skull at 510 degrees, experts reveal
A HUNK of dark-coloured glass found inside the skull of an individual who died during the Mount Vesuvius eruption may ...
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Human brain turned to glass by ash cloud from Vesuvius
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 79 CE. The effect can't be explained by lava temperatures ...
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned its victims' brains to GLASS: Scientists discover unique shards inside the skull of a person caught in the blast in Herculaneum
Researchers have unearthed a piece of dark-coloured organic glass which was found inside the skull of an individual who died in the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum nearly 2,000 years ago.
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Vesuvius Eruption Turned This Roman Man’s Brain Into Glass 2,000 Years Ago and Scientists Just Figured Out How
A deadly ash cloud preserved the man's brain as glass for thousands of years.
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Mount Vesuvius turned this ancient brain into glass. Here’s how
Transforming the brain tissue to glass would have required an extremely hot and fast-moving ash cloud, lab experiments suggest.