Archaeologists in the ancient city of Pompeii have discovered ancient brain matter that was turned into glass as a result of the volcanic eruption that devastated the city in 79 A.D. The research, ...

The young man was found dead in a small room near the entrance to the Hall of the Augustales, a civic order of freedmen, a bit like a freemason lodge. Perhaps he was a security guard. He’s been ...

Fragment of glassy black material extracted from the cranial cavity of a victim of the volcanic eruption at Herculaneum (image via New England Journal of Medicine, all courtesy Pier Paolo Petrone) A ...

A man who died in Herculaneum during the historic Vesuvius eruption was found with an exploded skull and glass-like brain tissue. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago is famous for preserving its many victims in volcanic ash. New research suggests this preservation extends to the cellular level, ...

MILAN — The eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned an incinerated victim’s brain material into glass, the first time scientists have verified the phenomenon from a volcanic blast, officials at the ...

In A.D. 79, the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius wiped out the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum in an instant. While about 2,000 residents attempted a desperate escape, one man remained on his bed.

The brain cells of a young man who was killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago have been discovered by Italian researchers, according to reports. The neuronal structures form ...

MILAN — The eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned an incinerated victim's brain material into glass, the first time scientists have verified the phenomenon from a volcanic blast, officials at the ...

The brain cells of a young man who died almost 2,000 years ago in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius have been found intact by a team of researchers in Italy. The discovery was made when the experts ...

A team of Italian researchers has found intact brain cells of a young man who died almost 2,000 years ago during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The man was believed to be about 20 years old when he ...

The young man was found dead in a small room near the entrance to the Hall of the Augustales, a civic order of freedmen, a bit like a freemason lodge. Perhaps he was a security guard. He’s been ...