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 ...

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 ...

The hard skull and spine of the man—whose remains archeologists found still in his bed in the town of Herculaneum—likely protected the brain from complete thermal breakdown, allowing fragments to form ...

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 ...

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

According to scientists, the pyroclastic flows, which consist of fast-moving volcanic material and hazardous gas from Mount Vesuvius, were not hot enough to convert the victim's brain into glass.

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

“According to our studies, the victims died primarily from asphyxiation ... the single layers over a 775-square-mile area around Mount Vesuvius. The deposits recorded dramatic, increasingly ...

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

Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while Pompeii, which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was ...

Italian researchers published a study on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 that detailed how one victim of the ...