Genetic traces of Salmonella enterica and Borrelia recurrentis were identified in teeth from thirteen soldiers buried in a Vilnius mass grave.

At least 300,000 men died during Napoleon’s retreat from Russia - now the latest genetic techniques have identified two ...

After extracting and analyzing ancient DNA from the teeth of 13 soldiers they instead found evidence the men suffered from a ...

An international team of scientists has successfully identified for the first time, with direct genetic evidence, the ...

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s once-mighty army left Russia battered, frostbitten, and starving. The infamous retreat claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, but until recently, no one could say ...

Institut Pasteur and partner institutions report genetic evidence of Salmonella enterica lineage Para C and Borrelia ...

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Archaeologists are set to unveil the answer to a 200-year-old question over the remains of a French general who died during Napoleon's 1812 campaign in Russia. Charles Etienne ...

But France's Defense Ministry has refused, at least for now, to allow a DNA test, which Roy-Henry contends would put an end to all questions about the identity of the body in Napoleon's Tomb.

A characteristic bicorne, in which the emperor's DNA was discovered on two hairs that had apparently been in the hat for the last 200 years, will drive the price through the roof on October 27 ...

A newly discovered hat with DNA evidence proving it belonged to the legendary European statesman and general Napoleon Bonaparte was previewed by auction house Bonhams in Hong Kong on Monday.

Napoleon famously wore a bicorne, a two-cornered hat on the battlefield. The distinctive design made it easier for his lieutenants to identify him. But the hat only took him so far.