New research suggests a volcanic eruption around 1345 cooled the climate, leading to crop failures. On the ships that carried imported grain to fill the gap came plague-carrying fleas.
A volcanic eruption may have triggered a deadly chain of events that brought the Black Plague to Europe in the 14th century.
A new analysis aims to answer a longstanding question about why the plague reached Europe when it did—and why it spread so ...
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Archaeologists uncover a lost 'Book of the Dead' in Egypt
Archaeologists working in Egypt have brought to light a remarkably preserved funerary papyrus that specialists are already ...
The authors conclude that their findings offer a potential explanation for how the Black Death began and moved through Europe, linking climatic disruption, famine, and the movement of grain during a ...
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