One ancient Egyptian medical text known as the Ebers ... Then in 2004, British archeologists found evidence of the disease in millennia-old Nile rats and fleas, suggesting its presence without ...

The well-known presenter of science TV programmes is professor of public engagement in science at Birmingham University in the UK, and an expert in palaeopathology, the study of ancient diseases.

have been found in an ancient Egyptian mummy. The pandemic, also known as bubonic plague, spread quickly through the continent on the fleas carried by rats. Symptoms of the killer disease included ...

The genetic predisposition to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) constitutes half of the known ... The remaining 17 of these individuals were mummified ancient Egyptians, where DNA ...

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Egyptian who treated pharaohs more than 4,000 years ago. The well-preserved burial site belonged to Teti Neb Fu, believed to have been a ...

Discover the fascinating history of cat domestication and genetic analysis results, revealing how ancient Egyptians played a ...