The bubonic plague’s origins are coming to light thanks to an unexpected find. Scientists are reporting that they’ve discovered an ancestor of the Black Death in 4,000-year-old sheep remains.

The plague sounds like something out of a history book. But the disease—nicknamed the “Black Death” or “Great ...

But according to a recent book by Norman Cantor, In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World it Made, that disease also forged a new world dedicated to the proposition that men had ...

No matter where you look up the meaning of the word “plague”, it’s never a good thing. It can be confusing, because as a verb, plague means “to cause continual distress”, yet as a noun ...

The Black Death The plague that killed a quarter of the people of Europe in the years 1348–1350 is still studied to shed light on human behavior under conditions of universal catastrophe By ...

The Black Death was a serious disease that killed millions ... Medical professionals at the time could not correctly explain the cause of the plague. Various causes were put forward.

In 1348, with the horrors of the Black Death haunting Europe, English soldiers return home from war with a French nobleman as hostage. When people in their home village soon after begin to die ...

LONDON Several teams of scientists around the world have, for some time, been studying the possibility that a genetic mutation perpetuated by the organism responsible for bubonic plague, or the Black ...

The Black Death is probably the most famous pandemic in history. Between 1347 and 1351, this outbreak of bubonic plague killed millions of people across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

The 14th-century global outbreak of bubonic plague, known as the Black Death, was the deadliest disease outbreak in recorded history, killing up to half of the European, Asian, and African populations ...

What caused the Plague? And what methods did people use to combat the spread? Learn about its origins, past outbreaks (including the Black Death), and the long-lasting impact of its legacy today.

Join author Vedran Mezei in Mlini for a free, immersive storytelling journey through the Black Death every Thursday evening ...