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

Doctors during the 16th and 17th century wore elaborate outfits to protect them from the plague. They worked in the same way as the protective clothes and masks worn by modern doctors during the ...

Diaries written in the 16th century have helped researchers to chronicle famine, flooding and plagues in medieval Romania, shedding light on life during Europe’s Little Ice Age. While glaciers ...

Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before the Black Death, a new study shows. Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that ...

By analyzing these samples, scientists hope to gain insights into the nature of the plague during the 17th century.