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

Plague bacteria (Yersinia pestis) were recently discovered in Bronze Age skeletons, pushing back the recorded origin of plague by about 3,000 years. The newfound ancient strains are genetically ...

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

Here are 13 facts about the Black Death. Recent archaeological research has found evidence of bubonic plague in two Bronze Age skeletons uncovered in Russia, suggesting the disease has been around ...

As ancient glaciers melt due to climate change, archaeologists have found abundant artifacts, including many amid a Norway ...

As it advances, however, the dreaded bubonic plague causes painful swellings (buboes) in the lymph nodes. Septicemic plague infects the bloodstream. Pneumonic plague, which can be passed from ...

Millions of rats were killed and in 2 months no new cases of plague were reported. Bubonic plague, or "the black death," had raged throughout Europe and Asia over the past centuries. In the ...