Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a victim’s brain into glass
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number of terrifying ways ...
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Mount Vesuvius turned this ancient brain into glass. Here’s how
Transforming the brain tissue to glass would have required an extremely hot and fast-moving ash cloud, lab experiments suggest.
Archaeologists stumble on rare remains of Roman soldier 'turned to glass' by Vesuvius
The extreme and rapid nature of Mount Vesuvius' pyroclastic flows vitrified the brain tissue of the unfortunate Roman soldier thousands of years ago.
Discovery of ritual bath sheds light on Jewish life in ancient Rome
The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical ...
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Vesuvius Volcano Ash Cloud Cooked Roman Man's Brain Into Glass Fossil
A unique, dark-colored glass found inside the skull of a Roman ... Like its more famous neighbor, Pompeii, this ancient Roman town was destroyed when Vesuvius erupted in the year 79 AD.