Studies on diseases and medical practices in ancient civilizations through archaeology.
A new study suggests malaria shaped where prehistoric humans lived in sub-Saharan Africa tens of thousands of years before farming ...
DNA from a 700-year-old mummy in Bolivia has revealed an unexpected chapter in the history of infectious disease. Researchers identified ...
A mass grave uncovered in the ancient city of Jerash in modern-day Jordan is offering new evidence of how one ...
Researchers studying Roman life along the lower Danube have turned to an unusual source. Mineral deposits inside ancient chamber pots ...
Burials from a 17th century hospital in Basel offer a close look at who faced the highest risk during one ...
A team of neonatologists and obstetricians has proposed a new explanation for the disappearance of Neanderthals. In a study published ...
A study in Accounting History examines how Londoners relied on weekly death totals during the Great Plague of 1665 and ...
Medieval cemeteries in Denmark show how social rank shaped burial choices. Plots near church walls or inside church buildings cost ...
An international research team has confirmed the earliest known genetic diagnosis in an anatomically modern human, identifying a rare skeletal ...
Chemical analysis of residue inside a small Roman glass vial has produced the first direct physical evidence that human feces ...
