Ancient mass grave reveals how a pandemic wiped out a city 1,500 years ago

ScienceDaily
Apr 23, 2026, 5:44 pm35 pts
A newly confirmed mass grave in ancient Jordan offers chilling insight into one of history’s first pandemics. Hundreds of plague victims were buried within days, revealing how the Plague of Justinian devastated entire communities. The findings show that people who usually lived spread out across regions were…

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