Plague pits containing the remains of at least 1,000 victims have been unearthed in southern Germany. The pits could together form the largest mass grave ever discovered in Europe, archaeologists say.

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At one of the entrances of the station you can spot a City of London blue plaque that marks the hospital’s original location.

Researchers extracted DNA from the remains of people buried in the East Smithfield plague pits, which were used for mass burials in 1348 and 1349. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

The pit is believed to have been a garbage dumping ... Large plates had been popular before the smallpox plague, but afterward they were increasingly replaced by smaller ones, Jinno said.

The live performance is vibrating, energy laden, full of rhythm and melodies to dance to. PLAGUE PITS is a cold wave collective from Bern and Zurich, Switzerland. Inspired by the D.I.Y. electronic ...

Millions of rats were killed and in 2 months no new cases of plague were reported. Bubonic plague, or "the black death," had raged throughout Europe and Asia over the past centuries. In the ...