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Ancient Greek Hermes Statue Unearthed During Aspendos Excavations
In the ancient Greek city of Aspendos, Turkey, archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable marble statue of Hermes, the Greek god known for his role as the messenger of Zeus. This significant find from ...
Scientists Discover Mysterious Ancient Human Brain Turned to Glass by Mount Vesuvius
A rare organic glass was found inside a skull from Herculaneum’s 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. Researchers determined that a super ...
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Vesuvius Turned a Roman Man’s Brain Into Glass. Now, Scientists Reveal How the Extremely Rare Preservation Happened
The remains of a young man, found in his bed in the destroyed town of Herculaneum, included glassy fragments that had mystified archaeologists ...
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, ...
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An ancient man’s remains were hacked apart and kept in a garage
Why archaeologists are increasingly leaving historic sites untouched until we have less destructive technologies for studying ...
A Vesuvius Victim’s Brain Turned into Glass, and Scientists Think They Know How
The Herculaneum resident, killed by the volcanic eruption in 79 CE, presents the only known vitrified brain on Earth. Now, ...
Pompeii’s secrets that are only just being uncovered
Ever since archaeologists first discovered the ruins of Pompeii – the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount ...