Ancient disease discovered in ancient DNA of Egyptian mummy
The new study, presented this August, may upend past research from 2022 that suggested the bubonic plague spread to Europe ...
Bubonic plague discovered in ancient Egyptian mummy DNA
Usually transmitted by fleas hitching a ride on rodents, the bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system, and initially ...
Egyptian mummy discovered with bubonic plague rewrites history of the notorious Black Death
An over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague marks the first case of the disease outside the ...
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Black Death DNA Found In 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy
Radiocarbon dated to the end of the Second Intermediate Period or the beginning of the New Kingdom, the mummy contained ...
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Bubonic plague discovered in ancient Egyptian mummy DNA
The team reached their conclusion after examining a mummy housed in Italy’s Museo Egizio that dates back to the Second Intermediate Period or early New Kingdom. According to researchers ...
Ancient disease which wiped out 50million people discovered in DNA of Egyptian mummy
A team tested the ancient mummy dating back more than 3,000 years and discovered the bubonic plague in his bone tissue and ...
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Ancient plague mystery: Egyptian mummy reveals DNA secrets
DNA of the Black Death in an ancient mummy Research conducted on the mummy ... how widespread the disease was in the region ...
Nile rats and Black Death: Mummy reveals bubonic plague in Egypt 3,290 years ago
Researchers have uncovered the oldest confirmed case of the plague outside Eurasia in an ancient Egyptian mummy.
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Archeologists Discover 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy With ‘Black Death’ DNA, May Have Spread by Fleas on Nile Rats
Old Egyptian Mummy With ‘Black Death’ DNA, May Have Spread by Fleas on Nile Rats Researchers have finally managed to confirm ...
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3,000-Year-Old Mummy With Bubonic Plague DNA Challenges Black Deaths Origins
An Egyptian mummy, over 3,000 years old ... hinting at the plague's spread by rodents on boats. But DNA evidence like that found in the mummy was needed to confirm the disease's presence.