The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD froze tragic scenes of life in time. Among them, a rare phenomenon: the vitrification of a victim's brain, preserved as black glass. This discovery, made

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.

Mount Vesuvius was so hot it turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted, fascinating new research shows. A piece of dark glass was found in the man’s skull, who died in the Roman city Herculaneum almost 2,