Breakthrough in mystery of life-size sculptures uncovered in Pompeii tomb - ANALYSIS: New discoveries in archaeology are ...

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Investigators making the shocking find saw that the remains had dark substances inside the cavity that resembled obsidian.

Some scientists, however, remain doubtful since soft tissue must be exposed to extremely particular circumstances before it can ... of events during the Mount Vesuvius eruption.

Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 transformed one unfortunate Herculaneum resident’s brain into organic glass.

A man's brain was partly turned into glass after Mount Vesuvius erupted. Researchers discovered ... high temperatures - at least 510C (950F) - before rapidly cooling. "The glass formed as a ...

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 ... Centuries passed before the settlements were rediscovered, sparking eras ...