Ancient Roman Brain Preserved as Glass in Vesuvius Eruption

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Scientists reveal how Mount Vesuvius eruption victim’s brain turned to glass

Researchers who examined the remains of a man whose brain was purported to have turned into glass when he was killed nearly 2,000 years ago in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius say they have figured out what caused the phenomenon.

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Archaeologists reveal brain turned to glass in 500C 'ash cloud' from Pompeii volcano eruption - Manchester Evening News

The volcanic eruption was so hot it turned a human brain into glass, archaeologists say

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A man's brain was "naturally" turned to glass during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.

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According to researchers, this is a unique discovery. Nowhere else has human tissue been found that has turned into glass.

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Ancient Roman guard's brain turned to glass after Vesuvius eruption

When volcanic disaster struck the Roman city of Herculaneum in 79 CE, a young man, believed to have been a guardian of a public building, met his demise in a flash of superheated ash. But his brain underwent a transformation so rare that scientists had previously considered it impossible in nature: it turned to glass.

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Mount Vesuvius Eruption Turned Man’s Brain Into Glass—Here’s How It Happened

It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy’s Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark fragments resembling obsidian inside his skull. It turns out the eruption had somehow turned his brain into glass. It is the only case on record of such a phenomenon, and researchers now have answers for why and how it happened. They say the vitrification—transfor…