A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.

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 ...

By Franz Lidz Five years ago Italian researchers published a study on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. that detailed how one victim of the blast, a male presumed to be in his mid 20s ...

Mount Vesuvius, known for its historic eruption in 79 AD, was so strong that it even turned the brain of a young man into glass. When it erupted, Vesuvius destroyed the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii ...

Cult Worshippers Offered Birds as Sacrifice in Pompeii to Please a Magician Goddess The ancient city of Pompeii in Italy was almost wiped off the map after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

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It is the first ever evidence of a fossilised brain being found following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago (Picture: Reuters) Mount Vesuvius was so hot it turned a man’s ...

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 erupted in 79AD, covering nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash which buried the towns and hundreds of its residents which left them perfectly preserved ...

The extreme conditions produced by the volcano Mount Vesuvius, which erupted in 79 AD, caused a man's brain to turn to glass. The glass brain was found five years ago, and researchers have just ...

A man’s brain was partly turned into glass when Mount Vesuvius erupted. Scientists made the surprise discovery when examining the remains of a man who died in his bed in the ancient city of ...