Vesuvius Turned a Roman Man's Brain Into Glass. Now, Scientists Reveal How the Extremely Rare Preservation Happened
In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby ancient Roman city of Pompeii and the smaller town of Herculaneum under deadly layers of volcanic ash, pumice and pyroclastic flows. But the disaster that demolished the two settlements also immortalized them,
Vesuvius Volcano Ash Cloud Cooked Roman Man's Brain Into Glass Fossil
A unique, dark-colored glass found inside the skull of a Roman killed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is his brain—cooked into a fossil by an ash cloud. This is the horrific revelation of an international team of researchers who analyzed the glass to determine what conditions would have been needed to produce it.
‘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.
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 thousands of years ago.
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
Vesuvius Turned One Victim’s Brain to Glass
Heat from the eruption in A.D. 79 was so intense that it vitrified the brain tissue of one unfortunate Herculaneum resident, a new study confirms.
Scientists Stunned After Finding Mount Vesuvius Eruption in 79 AD Turned a Man's Brain Into Glass
Scientists Stunned After Finding Mount Vesuvius Eruption in 79 AD Turned a Man's Brain Into Glass Every discovery in the margin of history held significance that defined both the past and the present.
Scientists Discover Mysterious Ancient Human Brain Turned to Glass by Mount Vesuvius
A rare organic glass was found inside a skull from Herculaneum’s 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. Researchers determined that a super-heated ash cloud briefly raised the brain’s temperature above 510°C, then cooled rapidly,
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Human brain turned into glass by 1,950-year-old volcanic eruption, scientists stunned
A rare form of dark-colored organic glass, discovered inside the skull of a victim from the 79 CE Mount Vesuvius eruption, ...
Vesuvian ash cloud suspected of turning brain to glass
A unique dark-colored organic glass, found inside the skull of an individual who died in Herculaneum during the 79 CE Mount ...
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Man’s Brain Turned To Glass During the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Scientists have confirmed a rare discovery in Herculaneum—a man's brain turned to glass during the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D.
Study: Hot Vesuvian ash cloud really did turn a brain to glass
For several years now, we've been following a tantalizing story indicating that the high heat of the ash cloud generated when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD was sufficiently hot to turn one of the ...
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An Alaskan Volcano Is On The Brink, And The Ash Could Be A Nightmare For Airplanes
Advanced equipment now enables scientists to predict not only when a volcanic eruption may occur but also how extensive and severe the resulting ash cloud will be. This allows aviation ...
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Volcanic Eruption In 79 AD Turned Man's Brain Into Glass. 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 ...
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Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a man's brain into glass. Here's how it happened
"The study shows that the 'killer' at Herculaneum was the arrival in town of an early hot ash cloud. This highlights ... from the impact with the hot volcanic ash surge, as did all the rest ...