Glass rarely forms naturally from organic materials. However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy substance inside the skull of a person killed during the eruption of Italy’s Mount ...

A glass-like substance found in the skull of a person who perished in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius has helped archaeologists unravel the sequence of events that wiped out Pompeii and ...

A unique dark-coloured organic glass, found inside the skull of an individual who died in Herculaneum during the 79 CE Mount Vesuvius eruption, likely formed when they were killed by a very hot but ...

Researchers believed that the formation's fossils were preserved by the ash deposited from volcanic eruptions, similar to how Mount Vesuvius covered the city of Pompeii in 19 feet (6 meters) of ash in ...