For generations, the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten—built by the controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten—was shrouded in the ...
New study debunks the “plague of Akhetaten." They found orderly burials and stable demographics pointing to a crisis, not a ...
In 1518, Strasbourg experienced a terrifying Dancing Plague where hundreds danced uncontrollably for days, some to their death. This event is now understood as mass psychogenic illness, likely ...
The way in which Venice dealt with the plague outbreak in the 14th century may hold lessons on how to handle today’s emerging threats, such as Ebola, according to an article appearing in Springer’s ...
Ancient DNA reveals possible cause of mysterious population collapse 5,000 years ago, scientists say
The oldest known plague victims date back to around 5,000 years ago in Europe. But it’s never been clear whether two cases, one in Latvia and one in Sweden, were isolated and sporadic or evidence of a ...
Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.Video above: How did ...
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