Scientists found glass fragments inside the skull of a young man who died in Herculaneum when Mt. Vesuvius exploded in 79 CE.

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

Glass rarely forms naturally from organic materials. However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy substance ...

The mostly charred, bony remains of the young man who stayed were found in 1960 by the superintendent of the archeological ...

A rare organic glass was found inside a skull from Herculaneum’s 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. Researchers determined that a super ...

The remains of a young man, found in his bed in the destroyed town of Herculaneum, included glassy fragments that had mystified archaeologists ...

Archaeologists and volcanologists have proven that the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius turned a young man's brain into glass.

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 ...

A rare form of dark-colored organic glass formed when an intense ash cloud superheated the individual’s brain before it ...

Under the lamp, I suddenly saw small glassy remains glittering in the volcanic ash that filled the skull," Petrone said.

Mind Shattering The cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD has fascinated researchers and historians for centuries.

A deadly ash cloud preserved the man's brain as glass for thousands of years.