In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy substance inside the skull of a person killed during the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Now, the scientists say they have worked ...

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

"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...

(Reuters) - 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 ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.

In a paper published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports, archaeologists and volcanologists show that the shards of ...

Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...

Naples, Italy, a historic city on the southwestern coast of the country, is one of Italy’s oldest and most continuously ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number of terrifying ways ...

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 ...