“The Last Day of Pompeii,” a 19th-century painting by the Russian artist Karl Bryullov.Credit...World History Archive/Alamy Supported by By Franz Lidz When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D ...

Alternatively, he might also have come from outside, running panicked through the city of Herculaneum as it was overtaken by black ash and poisonous fumes following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

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 ...

Researchers examining the remains of a man whose brain supposedly turned into glass when he was killed nearly 2,000 years ago in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius said they likely know what ...

A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.

Pier Paolo Petrone In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby ancient ... as detailed in a study published last week in the journal Scientific Reports. The glass, they suggest, was ...

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 AD79 found dark fragments ...

which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was preserved by the volcano's ash. It was not rediscovered until 1748. According to many ...