It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, covering nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash which buried the towns and hundreds of its ...

Researchers in Pompeii were studying the skeleton of a young man who died following the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...

Uncovered in what was once a spacious banqueting hall that opened onto a garden, the frieze dates back to the 1st century BC, ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago turned a victim’s brain tissue into glass. Scientists say they have figured ...

A man, thought to be the custodian of a religious group, was believed to be in his bed asleep, when a super-hot ash cloud hit ...

A deadly ash cloud preserved the man's brain as glass for thousands of years.

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

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number of terrifying ways ...

Mount Vesuvius eruption turned man's brain partly into glass - Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the ...

A cloud of super-heated volcanic ash and gas exploded the brain of one Herculaneum resident and the fragments inside his ...