A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.

A young man's brain turned into glass during Mount Vesuvius’ 79 AD eruption. Scientists now study how extreme heat preserved ...

(Reuters) - 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 ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ...

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

In a nutshell Scientists discovered a human brain from 79 CE Vesuvius eruption transformed into glass—the only known case of natural organic glass preservation in history. The brain vitrified at ...

NBC News’ Molly Hunter got a look at the new discoveries being unearthed in Pompeii, the former Roman city that was buried ...

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Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices ...