Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

Excavations found that the brain of what seems to be a human male contained dark glass formed during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. The effect can't be explained by lava temperatures ...

Pyroclastic flow is the plume of hot gas and lava fragments coughed out by the volcano after the initial burst of ash. ... Mount Vesuvius is arguably the most dangerous volcano on earth.

The researchers said this could not have happened if the individual was heated solely by the pyroclastic flows – avalanches containing lava pieces, ash and hot gases – which buried Pompeii and ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago turned a victim’s brain tissue into glass. Scientists say they have figured out how this unusual phenomenon occurred.

Mount Vesuvius turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted 2,000 years ago Jasper King Published February 28, 2025 5:56pm Updated February 28, 2025 5:56pm ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii. Now, new research is digging deeper into what really ...