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

Volcanoes like Mount St. Helens also often release pyroclastic flows, which are avalanches of hot rock, gas and ash that spill down the slopes at more than 200 mph (320 km/h). Pyroclastic flows ...

The researchers noted in the paper that temperatures of the pyroclastic flows that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum were several hundred degrees—heat that would typically destroy soft tissue.

Researchers believe the brain was exposed to a cloud of superheated ash, reaching extreme temperatures in moments. This phenomenon, distinct from slower pyroclastic flows, explains the rapid ...

The famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out Pompeii and Herculaneum created a super-heated ash cloud that turned one ...

"But during the night, the first pyroclastic flow was ejected from the ... It was similar to the ash cloud from the 2018 eruption of Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala, which killed at least hundreds ...

Attendees offered a prayer to 43 victims who died in 1991, and to another person who died in the pyroclastic flows that occurred on June 23, 1993. A pyroclastic flow is a deadly, fast-moving mix ...

However, the pyroclastic flows, composed of fast-moving volcanic material and toxic gas, that charged out of Vesuvius and buried Herculaneum could not have caused the brain tissues of this young ...

The researchers said this could not have happened if the individual was heated solely by the pyroclastic flows – avalanches containing lava pieces, ash and hot gases – which buried Pompeii and ...