Study of Scotland's last plague reveals humanity in face of 'Black Death'
A new study led by the University of Aberdeen has provided greater understanding of Scotland's final deadly brush with the ...
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Researchers cover thousands of years in a quest to understand the elusive origins of the Black Death (IMAGE)
The East Smithfield plague pits, which were used for mass burials in 1348 and 1349. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!
Black Death in Scotland research shows humanity in face of plague
A team from the University of Aberdeen have discovered the Black Death was present as far north as the Granite City as late as the 1640s.
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The Eerie Legends of Poveglia, the World’s Most Haunted Island
Light is shed on the chilling history of the island of Poveglia, a forbidden and "haunted" place in northern Italy.
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Mass grave of plague victims discovered in Germany could be Europe’s largest ever
Archaeologists have unearthed the skeletons of about 1,000 Black Death victims in southern Germany in what could be the largest mass grave of its kind in all of Europe. Excavations in Nuremberg ...
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East Smithfield plague pits (IMAGE)
Researchers extracted DNA from the remains of people buried in the East Smithfield plague pits, which were used for mass burials in 1348 and 1349. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...
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Black Death 700 years ago affects your health now
Human remains from the plague pits in London were used in the genetic analysis. The devastation of the plague pandemic left such an incredible genetic mark on humanity that it's still affecting ...
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Cyprian Plague victims unearthed in Egypt: Burnt corpses reveal a 3rd century burial plot built to 'prevent the apocalypse'
but from a deadly pandemic that would later be known as the Plague of Cyprian. And now archaeologists have found the remains of what appears to be victims of the widespread disease, in a pit in ...
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Early pandemics: the plague
and removing them to be placed in plague burial pits. Public gatherings were banned, and people were not allowed to travel from one town to another unless they had a certificate proving they didn ...