Looking at DNA at an arena turned into a mass grave at the epicenter of the outbreak, scientists found a familiar old foe.

Scientists have deciphered the genome of the bacterium behind the world's first recorded pandemic that swept through the eastern Mediterranean about 1,500 years ago. Researchers found Yersinia pestis, ...

For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the ...

Scientists solve the mystery of the Justinian Plague. They identify Yersinia pestis as the cause. The plague devastated the ...

Scientists have found the "missing piece" of the puzzle behind the devastating disease that reshaped the Byzantine Empire.

A groundbreaking discovery reveals the genome of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for the Justinian Plague, solving a historical mystery of the world's first recorded pandemic.

For the first time, researchers at USF have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian ...

An interdisciplinary team has uncovered the first genetic evidence of the Plague of Justinian in the Eastern Mediterranean, reshaping the history of pandemics and our modern understanding of how ...

Justinian was born Flavius Peterus Sabbatius, the son of a farmer whose childless uncle was on his way to becoming Emperor Justin I. Justinian was called to the capital in his teens and given the ...

Scientists recover ancient DNA proving Yersinia pestis caused the Plague of Justinian, solving a 1,500-year mystery.