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“A Plague Is Upon Us”: The Mass Death That Changed an Ancient City Forever

Evidence from Jerash shows the Justinian plague reshaped communities, exposing hidden migration patterns and the human impact of pandemic crises. “A plague is upon us” was likely a...

Ancient mass grave reveals how a pandemic wiped out a city 1,500 years ago

A newly confirmed mass grave in ancient Jordan offers chilling insight into one of history’s first pandemics. Hundreds of plague victims were buried within days, revealing how the...

Jerash Mass Grave mystery: The 6th-century plague that erased an entire city in days

Remains of Byzantine Plague Victims Studied

TAMPA, FLORIDA—According to a statement released by the University of South Florida, a mass grave […] The post Remains of Byzantine Plague Victims Studied appeared first on Archaeo...

Who Suffered During a Plague Outbreak?

BASEL, SWITZERLAND—According to a statement released by Antiquity, analysis of skeletal remains recovered from a […] The post Who Suffered During a Plague Outbreak? appeared first...

How a Volcanic Eruption Helped Unleash the Black Death in Europe in 1347

The flap of a butterfly’s wings on one side of the world can cause a hurricane on the other, or so they say. If we take it a bit too literally, that old observation may make us won...