Researchers tell ‘human story’ about crisis during plague of Justinian, which killed millions in Byzantine empire ...

This epidemic was known as Plague of Justinian—it occurred between 541 and 750 A.D., and is one of the earliest known ...

The US researchers have discovered the first Mediterranean mass grave of the world’s first proven pandemic, the plague of Justinian , that killed millions of people in the Byzantine ...

"A plague is upon us'' may have been a common phrase in ancient Jordan, where countless people perished from a mysterious ...

Human remains from ancient mass grave reveal how people responded to world’s first pandemic - Ancient city’s burial capacity likely stretched to its limits ...

A landmark discovery by teams from two Florida universities has unearthed one of history's greatest mysteries — what caused the Plague of Justinian. It killed up to 50 million people in the sixth ...

TAMPA, Fla. (August 27, 2025) — For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian — the world’s first recorded pandemic — in the ...

The first mass grave of the Justinianic Plague in Jordan, reveal how the world’s first pandemic devastated an ancient city.

Scientists have solved a 1,500-year-old medical mystery—revealing the cause of the "Plague of Justinian" the outbreak that began the world's first known pandemic. Researchers found direct genomic ...

Plague, and the infamous Black Death, spread quickly for centuries, killing millions. Plague still occurs but can be treated with antibiotics.

Researchers studying the teeth of two 1,500-year-old German victims of the Justinian plague have uncovered tiny bits of DNA that link the ancient disease to the deadly plague of just a few centuries ...

Bubonic plague has caused the deadliest pandemic in history: The Black Death, which killed as many as 50% of affected populations in Western Asia, Africa, and Europe. After that, in the 14th century, ...