An ancient volcano victim's brain turned to glass. Scientists now think they know how
To make glass from soft tissue the sequence of events must be exactly right. This is how experts think it went down ...
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Ancient Roman guard’s brain turned to glass after Vesuvius eruption
In a nutshell Scientists discovered a human brain from 79 CE Vesuvius eruption transformed into glass—the only known case of natural organic glass preservation in history. The brain vitrified at ...
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Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a man's brain into glass. Here's how it happened
Volcanic eruption ... in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark ...
Vesuvius Turned One Victim’s Brain to Glass
Heat from the eruption in A.D. 79 was so intense that it vitrified the brain tissue of one unfortunate Herculaneum resident, ...
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Man's brain turned to glass after volcanic eruption, scientists think they know why
A young man's brain turned into glass during Mount Vesuvius’ 79 AD eruption. Scientists now study how extreme heat preserved ...
MIT Technology Review16d
How a volcanic eruption turned a human brain into glass
They look like small pieces of obsidian ... the volcanic eruption. “People end up in funny places,” he adds. Either way, it’s a unique finding. Archaeologists have unearthed ancient human ...