In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

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

The extreme and rapid nature of Mount Vesuvius' pyroclastic flows vitrified the brain tissue of the unfortunate Roman soldier thousands of years ago.

Researchers examining the remains of a man whose brain supposedly turned into glass when he was killed nearly 2,000 years ago in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius said they likely know what ...

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 ...

World History Archive/Alamy Supported by By Franz Lidz When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79 ... chance discovery of a water line prompted the first deliberate excavation. In his late-18th ...

which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was preserved by the volcano's ash. It was not rediscovered until 1748. According to many ...