‘Brain vitrification’: new research shows how the Vesuvius eruption turned a man’s brain to glass
A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.
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An erupting volcano turned a young man's brain into glass, researchers say
In a paper published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports, archaeologists and volcanologists show that the shards of ...
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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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The Enigma of Vitrified Brain Matter
It is a unique case of the formation of vitrified organic material found in the skull of a young adult male, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD and found lying in his bed in the Collegium ...
Scientists find man’s brain turned to glass by Vesuvius eruption
A young man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE was likely overcome by a fast-moving cloud of gas at a temperature of more than 500°C in a process that transformed fragments of his brain ...