This epidemic was known as Plague of Justinian—it occurred between 541 and 750 A.D., and is one of the earliest known ...
"A plague is upon us'' may have been a common phrase in ancient Jordan, where countless people perished from a mysterious ...
The phrase a plague is upon us must have echoed frequently in ancient Jordan, where a mysterious affliction cut down ...
Human remains from ancient mass grave reveal how people responded to world’s first pandemic - Ancient city’s burial capacity likely stretched to its limits ...
The first mass grave of the Justinianic Plague in Jordan, reveal how the world’s first pandemic devastated an ancient city.
JERASH, Jordan — Izzaat Al-Hindi trudged down a passageway of the Jerash Refugee Camp, navigating potholes, garbage piles and drab, dilapidated buildings. He still remembers the day his family fled ...