Ancient plagues swept through civilizations like wildfire, transforming the course of human history in their wake. From Rome to Athens, these devastating outbreaks rewrote the rules of society and ...

"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...

Ancient DNA evidence confirms that bubonic plague spread across the Mediterranean region all the way to western Europe and ...

The DNA of Yersinia pestis bacteria has been found in a Bronze Age sheep, offering a clue to how the plague may have spread through prehistoric farming communities ...

According to the Bible, the 10th plague to befall Ancient Egypt killed the first born child of every family. Now, new scientific evidence suggests that this may have actually occurred - and that a ...

According to genome analysis comparing the ancient sample and a recent outbreak in Madacascar ... This latest finding could help researchers understand the evolution of plague bacteria and “is useful ...