And historical texts describe epidemics of a smallpox-like disease in fourth-century China and second-century Rome. Still, the 17th-century ... Meanwhile, in Europe, the virus mutated into ...

After completing the excavations, archaeologists are hoping to learn more about the diet, health, and lives of people from 17th-century Germany by studying the skeletons.

In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made ...

This profile fit that of an indentured servant in the Chesapeake Bay of the mid-17th century. During this time, young European men and women signed indenture contracts with Chesapeake planters ...

Stockholm (AFP) – A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a ...