Heat from the eruption in A.D. 79 was so intense that it vitrified the brain tissue of one unfortunate Herculaneum resident, ...
While the blast would kill thousands and send rivers of molten lava pouring up to 40 miles (64km) from the eruption site, ...
The hard skull and spine of the man—whose remains archeologists found still in his bed in the town of Herculaneum—likely ...
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A young man was lying in his bed when a viciously hot cloud of ash swept down from the erupting Mount Vesuvius and turned his ...
A young man was lying in his bed when a viciously hot cloud of ash swept down from the erupting Mount Vesuvius and turned his ...
Scientists found glass fragments inside the skull of a young man who died in Herculaneum when Mt. Vesuvius exploded in 79 CE.
Researchers have unearthed a piece of dark-coloured organic glass which was found inside the skull of an individual who died in the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum nearly 2,000 years ago.
Nearly 2,000 years ago, a young man's brain in Herculaneum turned to glass during Mount Vesuvius' eruption, due to extreme ...
The 2020 discovery baffled scientists. Sure, the blast was hot, but modern measurement tools show that the pyroclastic flow from Mount Vesuvius did not reach the threshold of 510°C (910°F ...