#herculaneum

#herculaneum

An unprecedented discovery: volcanic heat vitrified a victim's brain tissue into glass during the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

The brain of a man from Herculaneum might have formed organic glass during the Mt. Vesuvius eruption due to extreme heat.

Mount Vesuvius's eruption created an ash cloud that turned victims' brains into glass, revealing unprecedented insights into the disaster's effects.

Brain matter from a victim was vitrified, fused into glass, at temperatures estimated up to 520°C.