Why it’s unlikely Mount Vesuvius really turned a brain to glass
A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.
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A young man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they have figured out how
However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy substance inside the skull of a person killed during the eruption of ...
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Vesuvius—Asleep for Now
There are many ways for a human being to die after a volcano erupts, and a blast like the one Vesuvius unleashed ... the abandoned concrete piers of the funicular cableway that replaced the ...
Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a man's brain into glass. Here's how it happened
It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of ...
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An erupting volcano turned a young man's brain into glass, researchers say
In 79 AD, Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted, utterly destroying the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum over two days. On the first day of the eruption, Pompeii was covered in ash and falling debris ...
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Ash Cloud From Mt. Vesuvius Turned One Victim's Brain to Glass
Intense heat generated by Mt. Vesuvius' eruption turned one victim's brain to glass. While gruesome, the finding published in the journal Scientific Reports, lends insight into the chaotic events that ...