Scientists are reporting that they’ve discovered an ancestor of the Black Death in 4,000-year-old sheep remains. The ...

A new study from a University of Nottingham archaeologist has revealed surprising insights into the city's medieval past, ...

I pray to God every night that we will soon find out what causes this deadly disease. The term 'Black Death' was first used in English in the 1700s. At the time of the epidemic, most people would ...

including the 6th-century Justinian plague and the 14th-century Black Death. In tracing the backstories of diseases like ...