Ancient Roman Brain Preserved as Glass in Vesuvius Eruption

In January 2020 an exceptional discovery was made public: The eruption of Vesuvius, in the year 79 A.D., with its rain of ashes and fire, turned the brain of a victim into glass due to the high temperature, which reached 520 degrees Celsius. During the first day of the eruption, which some date it on August 24 and other researchers place it in autumn, on October 24, the old port city of Herculano had escaped the damage. The rain of pumice stone …

How an ancient volcanic eruption turned a victim's brain to glass

To make glass from soft tissue the sequence of events must be exactly right. This is how experts think it went down

New research shows how the Vesuvius eruption turned a man’s brain to glass

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 into glass, according to new research. The man’s remains were discovered in 1961, and in 2020 researchers confirmed that parts of his brain had been turned into glass. This is the only example of vitrified brain matter found to date at any archaeol…

Vesuvius Turned a Roman Man's Brain Into Glass. Now, Scientists Reveal How the Extremely Rare Preservation Happened

The remains of a young man, found in his bed in the destroyed town of Herculaneum, included glassy fragments that had mystified archaeologists

They were found in the skull of a man who died after the eruption of Vesuvius.

A Man's Brain Was Transformed Into Glass. Here's What It Looks Like

The cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD has fascinated researchers and historians for centuries. Since the early 1700s, engineers have been excavating the remnants of the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, flash frozen in mounds of volcanic ash. And of all the narratives pulled from the rubble, one about a 20 year old man whose brain seemingly melted into glass might be the most mystifying. A hunk of glass in the Herculaneum man's pres…