Requiem for the Forgotten Pandemics The latest findings on ancient plague DNA offer a grim reminder that history's most devastating pandemics were not isolated events but recurring nightmares that haunted Europe for centuries.
Researchers have long known about the Black Death of 1347 1353, which claimed millions of lives and reshaped Western society.
However, this new study takes us further into the shadows of time, revealing how plague repeatedly returned to Europe's cities, economies, and societies over four hundred years.