Vesuvius Turned 1 Victim’s Brain to Glass

Vesuvius Turned One Victim’s Brain to Glass
Heat from the eruption in A.D. 79 was so intense that it vitrified the brain tissue of one unfortunate Herculaneum resident, a new study confirms.
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Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a man's brain into glass. Here's how it happened
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A young man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they have figured out how
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Mount Vesuvius turned a man's brain into glass when it erupted 2,000 years ago
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Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a victim’s brain into glass
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number of terrifying ways to die: falling debris, collapsing buildings, asphyxiation from superheated dust plumes,
A man's brain was turned into glass by the eruption of Vesuvius
A cloud of super-heated volcanic ash and gas exploded the brain of one Herculaneum resident and the fragments inside his skull became an extremely rare organic glass
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