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Unearthing A 5,500-Year-Old Tragedy: The Oldest Known Outbreak Of Plague Has Been Found In SiberiaEvidence of the plague was found in this shared grave containing a boy (aged 12-15 years old) and a girl (aged 13-16 years old).

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Unearthing A 5,500-Year-Old Tragedy: The Oldest Known Outbreak Of Plague Has Been Found In SiberiaEvidence of the plague was found in this shared grave containing a boy (aged 12-15 years old) and a girl (aged 13-16 years old).
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Unearthing A 5,500-Year-Old Tragedy: The Oldest Known Outbreak Of Plague Has Been Found In Siberia

clock-iconJune 17, 2026

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How A Mystery Volcano Sparked The Black Death In The 14th CenturyTrionfo della Morte: A fresco in the Camposanto Monumentale of Pisa that's dated to the 14th century.

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How A Mystery Volcano Sparked The Black Death In The 14th CenturyTrionfo della Morte: A fresco in the Camposanto Monumentale of Pisa that's dated to the 14th century.
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How A Mystery Volcano Sparked The Black Death In The 14th Century

clock-iconDecember 4, 2025
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The "Plague Of Justinian" May Have Been The First Pandemic. DNA At A Mass Grave Has Finally Identified Its Cause.Yersinia pestis up close.

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The "Plague Of Justinian" May Have Been The First Pandemic. DNA At A Mass Grave Has Finally Identified Its Cause.Yersinia pestis up close.
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The "Plague Of Justinian" May Have Been The First Pandemic. DNA At A Mass Grave Has Finally Identified Its Cause.

clock-iconAugust 28, 2025

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Plague Confirmed In Lake Tahoe Area For First Time In 5 Years, California Officials SayYersinia pestis

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Plague Confirmed In Lake Tahoe Area For First Time In 5 Years, California Officials SayYersinia pestis
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Plague Confirmed In Lake Tahoe Area For First Time In 5 Years, California Officials Say

clock-iconAugust 21, 2025

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1782, The Year A Caterpillar Outbreak Terrified LondonA close up photo of a brown-tail moth caterpillar nest. The thick webbing surrounds the point where three small branches extend in different directions. The branches have been stripped of leaves and there are dozens of caterpillars crawling through the nest.

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1782, The Year A Caterpillar Outbreak Terrified LondonA close up photo of a brown-tail moth caterpillar nest. The thick webbing surrounds the point where three small branches extend in different directions. The branches have been stripped of leaves and there are dozens of caterpillars crawling through the nest.
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1782, The Year A Caterpillar Outbreak Terrified London

clock-iconJune 13, 2025
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In The Year 536 CE, A Truly Miserable Period Of Human History BeganMedieval ruins of a church with pillars and dark shadows

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In The Year 536 CE, A Truly Miserable Period Of Human History BeganMedieval ruins of a church with pillars and dark shadows
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The Year 536 CE Was One Of The Worst Periods In Human History

clock-iconMay 13, 2025
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The Dead Beneath Our Feet – 3 Times We Stumbled Upon Burial Sites In Surprising PlacesCollection of skulls in dark catacombs

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The Dead Beneath Our Feet – 3 Times We Stumbled Upon Burial Sites In Surprising PlacesCollection of skulls in dark catacombs
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The Dead Beneath Our Feet – 3 Times We Stumbled Upon Burial Sites In Surprising Places

clock-iconMarch 17, 2025
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Black Death DNA Found In 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian MummyAncient Egyptian mummy

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Black Death DNA Found In 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian MummyAncient Egyptian mummy
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Black Death DNA Found In 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

clock-iconDecember 23, 2024
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5,000 Years Ago, Plague Probably Brought Down Europe’s First FarmersExcavation of the Frälsegården passage grave. Many of the bodies found there dating from 5,000 years ago, had traces of bubonic plague.

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5,000 Years Ago, Plague Probably Brought Down Europe’s First FarmersExcavation of the Frälsegården passage grave. Many of the bodies found there dating from 5,000 years ago, had traces of bubonic plague.
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5,000 Years Ago, Plague Probably Brought Down Europe’s First Farmers

clock-iconJuly 11, 2024
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Human Plague Case In Colorado Confirmed By Officialsdigitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts a number of yellow-colored, Yersinia pestis bacteria, that had gathered on the proventricular spines of a Xenopsylla cheopis flea.

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Human Plague Case In Colorado Confirmed By Officialsdigitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts a number of yellow-colored, Yersinia pestis bacteria, that had gathered on the proventricular spines of a Xenopsylla cheopis flea.
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Human Plague Case In Colorado Confirmed By Officials

clock-iconJuly 10, 2024
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Plague Hits Oregon As State Sees First Human Case In 8 YearsYersinia pestis bacteria

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Plague Hits Oregon As State Sees First Human Case In 8 YearsYersinia pestis bacteria
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Plague Hits Oregon As State Sees First Human Case In 8 Years

clock-iconFebruary 13, 2024
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People Are Asking "How Did Humans Survive Without Vaccines?"A plague doctor holding out a syringe.

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People Are Asking "How Did Humans Survive Without Vaccines?"A plague doctor holding out a syringe.
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People Are Asking "How Did Humans Survive Without Vaccines?"

clock-iconJanuary 17, 2024
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Medicine's Worst "Cures" For History's Deadliest Diseasesan old bottle of cough syrup that contains chloroform and morphine

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Medicine's Worst "Cures" For History's Deadliest Diseasesan old bottle of cough syrup that contains chloroform and morphine
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Medicine's Worst "Cures" For History's Deadliest Diseases

clock-iconOctober 27, 2023
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Welcome To Venice's Plague Island: Home To Thousands Of SkeletonsAn aerial view of Lazzaretto Vecchio in the Lagoon of Venice.

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Welcome To Venice's Plague Island: Home To Thousands Of SkeletonsAn aerial view of Lazzaretto Vecchio in the Lagoon of Venice.
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Welcome To Venice's Plague Island: Home To Thousands Of Skeletons

clock-iconJuly 21, 2023
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Oldest Evidence Of Plague In Britain Identified Via 4,000-Year-Old TeethA black and white photo of a researcher in a pit where two of the plague bodies were recovered.

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Oldest Evidence Of Plague In Britain Identified Via 4,000-Year-Old TeethA black and white photo of a researcher in a pit where two of the plague bodies were recovered.
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Oldest Evidence Of Plague In Britain Identified Via 4,000-Year-Old Teeth

clock-iconMay 31, 2023
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