Bubonic plague discovered in ancient Egyptian mummy DNA
Usually transmitted by fleas hitching a ride on rodents, the bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system, and initially ...
Ancient disease which wiped out 50million people discovered in DNA of Egyptian mummy
A team tested the ancient mummy dating back more than 3,000 years and discovered the bubonic plague in his bone tissue and ...
Ancient disease discovered in ancient DNA of Egyptian mummy
The new study, presented this August, may upend past research from 2022 that suggested the bubonic plague spread to Europe ...
3,290-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Discovered With Virus That Causes Bubonic Plague
Archaeologists in Italy have found one of the oldest known cases of the bubonic plague, which has caused millions of deaths ...
New Study Indicates That Syphilis Originated in the Americas Prior to the Arrival of Columbus
Syphilis originated in the Americas before Columbus's arrival, and European colonialism facilitated its global spread and ...
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Columbus did not take syphilis to the Americas – he brought it back to Europe
group leader for molecular paleopathology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. “While indigenous American groups harboured early forms of these diseases ...
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Ancient DNA suggests syphilis originated in Americas before ravaging Europe
a famous paleopathologist described it as one of the most enigmatic questions in science,” said Kirsten Bos, group leader for molecular paleopathology at the Max Planck Institute for ...
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Ancient disease that wiped out 50 million people found in Egyptian mummy DNA
The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, spread across Europe in the 14th century, wiping out as many as 50 million ...
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DNA From 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Reveals Black Death’s Early History
In a revelation that could rewrite the history of pandemics, researchers have unearthed astonishing evidence of the bubonic ...
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A Roman Statuette from the 2nd Century Found in Braga Reveals a Case of Crouzon Syndrome in Antiquity
In a discovery that intertwines archaeology, art history, and medicine, a 2nd-century AD bronze figurine unearthed in Bracara ...