(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 ...
A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.
In a paper published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports, archaeologists and volcanologists show that the shards of ...
Glass rarely forms naturally from organic materials. However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy substance inside the skull of a person killed during the eruption of Italy’s Mount ...
A rare organic glass was found inside a skull from Herculaneum’s 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. Researchers determined that a super ...
A HUNK of dark-coloured glass found inside the skull of an individual who died during the Mount Vesuvius eruption may actually be a fossilised brain, researchers have revealed. Glass rarely forms ...
In a paper published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports, archaeologists and volcanologists show that the shards of black glass found in the skull of a young man who died when Mount ...
Under the lamp, I suddenly saw small glassy remains glittering in the volcanic ash that filled the skull," Petrone said. "Taking one of these fragments, it had a black appearance and shiny ...
However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy substance inside the skull of a person killed during the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Now, the scientists say they have ...