New research has emerged which sheds light on terrifying details of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius onto the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
A grisly detail emerged which appeared to be that the brain of an ancient Roman living in the ill-fated town of Herculaneum had been turned into glass during the cataclysm.
Now scientists have published a detailed model of how the infamous AD79 eruption spewed out hot ash and how the excruciatingly high temperatures turned the grey matter into glass by vitrification.
