Investigators making the shocking find saw that the remains had dark substances inside the cavity that resembled obsidian.

Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79 transformed one unfortunate victim’s brain into organic glass.

Researchers discovered dark fragments resembling obsidian in the skull of a man in the ancient settlement of Herculaneum. Along with Pompeii, the ancient settlement was obliterated in 79AD when ...

She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 ... They hail from an ancient library in the Roman city of Herculaneum and, as a result of Mount Vesuvius erupting in 79 CE, were fossilized into carbon ...

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Dr Richard Miles follows in the footsteps of the 18th century archaeologists who discovered Herculaneum... To visit the incredible sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum as a tourist is incredible ...