Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 18 hours ago

Archaeologists find a human brain that was turned to glass by Pompeii volcano Vesuvius

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Archaeologists find a human brain that was turned to glass by Pompeii volcano Vesuvius

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Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 18 hours ago

Archaeologists have determined that an individual’s brain was turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

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No, it was glass.
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  Gotta say that’s pretty fuckin brutal

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

The discipline involves surveying, excavation, and eventually analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Read more…

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