A fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter, also called a pyroclastic flow, followed, burying the area. Experts ...

They turned to more recent volcanic eruptions for inspiration. They concluded that a super-heated ash cloud marked the first wave of Vesuvius's eruption. Such a cloud would have appeared suddenly, ...

A unique dark-colored organic glass, found inside the skull of an individual who died in Herculaneum during the 79 CE Mount ...

For several years now, we've been following a tantalizing story indicating that the high heat of the ash cloud generated when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD was sufficiently hot to turn one of the ...

The famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out Pompeii and Herculaneum created a super-heated ash cloud that turned one ...

A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports described how a young man's brain was transformed into glass ...

Plus, they would have cooled slowly. Instead, based on observations of more recent eruptions, an extremely hot ash cloud that dissipated quickly could have created the conditions necessary for the ...

A HUNK of dark-coloured glass found inside the skull of an individual who died during the Mount Vesuvius eruption may actually be a fossilised brain, researchers have revealed. Glass rarely forms ...

They died when the roiling cloud of hot ash hit. But inside the Collegium Augustalium, a young man of about 20 years was lying in his wooden bed. The Collegium, located on the city's main street ...

In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the Roman city of Herculaneum. Thousands of people were killed instantly. Now, ...

A man, thought to be the custodian of a religious group, was believed to be in his bed asleep, when a super-hot ash cloud hit ...