Interesting.
Herculaneum is quite interesting. Better than Pompeii to see.
Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
January 23, 2020 at 2:04 PM
Extremely off topic but nonetheless fascinating. Also macabre and
potentially upsetting for those with a delicate constitution.
ITALYMount Vesuvius blast turned ancient victim's brain to glassPublished:
Thursday, January 23, 2020
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned an incinerated victim's brain
material into glass, the first time scientists have verified the
phenomenon
from a volcanic blast, officials at the Herculaneum archaeology site said
today.
Archaeologists rarely recover human brain tissue, and when they do it is
normally smooth and soapy in consistency, according to an article
detailing
the discovery in *The New England Journal of Medicine*. The eruption of
Vesuvius in the year 79 instantly killed the inhabitants of Pompeii and
neighboring Herculaneum, burying an area 12 miles from the volcano in ash
in just a few hours.
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