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Dead bodies filled a mass grave when the first plague pandemic struck this early medieval city. New research explores the identity of the victims
In the year 541 C.E., a terrible sickness swept through the Byzantine Empire. Now known as the Plague of Justinian, after the ...
A newly confirmed mass grave in the ancient city of Jerash, Jordan, offers chilling insight into one of history’s first recorded pandemics. Hundreds of plague victims were buried within a matter of ...
A mass grave in Jordan reveals a devastating outbreak of Justinian plague that brought a city to its knees in a matter of ...
Researchers have confirmed that a sixth-century mass grave in Jerash, Jordan, contains victims of the Plague of Justinian. Genetic and isotopic analysis shows the dead came from diverse regions, ...
Krewe Justinian's royal court and Grand Bal fans partied Jan. 13 under a full moon and stars in the dark sky to carry out Justinian Captain Amy Gardener Day's invitation theme "Straight on til Morning ...
ULPIANA, KOSOVO—Vox News Albania reports that Kosovan Minister of Culture Hajrulla Çeku announced that a team of archaeologists uncovered a rare mosaic inscription linked with the Byzantine emperor ...
The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...
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