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.
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 ...
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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Ancient Roman guard’s brain turned to glass after Vesuvius eruption
It’s certainly an exciting new addition to the chronicles of ancient ... a glass transition. While this process is common with certain materials like silicates (the stuff of volcanic obsidian ...
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Can volcanic eruption turn brain into glass? Shocking discovery from Mt. Vesuvius site unveils rare archaeological phenomenon
The brain, transformed into glass-like fragments due to extreme ... Even as the world marvels at this ancient enigma, one question lingers: how many other secrets are still buried beneath the volcanic ...
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Ancient Roman guard’s brain turned to glass after Vesuvius eruption
Led by scientists from Università Roma Tre, the study documents the first and only case of human organic tissue naturally vitrifying into a glass-like state. It’s certainly an exciting new addition to ...
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Microscopy reveals how brain turned to glass in volcanic eruption at Pompeii
A rare dark coloured ‘organic glass’, which was found inside the skull of an individual ... killed by a very hot – but short-lived – ash cloud which was part of the volcanic ejection. A team led by Dr ...
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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
“Obsidian glass, that is a volcanic glass, forms when lava is very quickly cooled, for example, where it enters into water,” Giordano added. However, the pyroclastic flows, composed of fast ...
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‘Exceptional’ Pompeii frescos of Greek booze god & mystery rituals from Jesus’s time unearthed from ancient volcanic ash
"EXCEPTIONAL" frescos of the Greek god of wine that reveal mystery cult rituals have been unearthed from ancient volcanic ash in Pompeii. Covering three sides of a magnificent banquet hall ...
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Pompeii volcanic eruption was so hot it turned brain to glass
A glass-like substance found in the skull of a person who perished in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius has helped archaeologists unravel the sequence of events that wiped out Pompeii and ...
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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 ...
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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 ...