During a recent excavation on the grounds of a mansion in Slovakia, researchers discovered something remarkable: a Roman ...

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical ...

A major archaeological discovery in Greece reveals that an ancient tomb was transformed into a healing sanctuary. This site, ...

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what we knew about ancient medicine.

It’s certainly an exciting new addition to the chronicles of ancient Roman history and scientific understanding. How Glass Forms: A Rare Natural Phenomenon Glass forms when a liquid cools so ...

Transforming the brain tissue to glass would have required an extremely hot and fast-moving ash cloud, lab experiments suggest.

Pier Paolo Petrone In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby ancient Roman city of Pompeii and ... of his spinal cord had turned into glass. Scientists had never seen a glassy soft ...

[as] was the case of the unfortunate ancient Roman in Herculaneum, there could be a possibility to survive and wait for rescue.” It does sound magical that a human being could turn into glass ...

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery ... and an intact glass goblet. Both objects date to between the 5th and 6th centuries AD.

Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by Vesuvius's eruption in 79 CE.

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