new research shows how the Vesuvius eruption turned a man’s brain to glass
- Written by Louise Zarmati, Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania
A fragment of vitrified brain found at Herculaneum.Guido Giordano et al. / Scientific ReportsA 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.
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