Tag: black death

These mass graves in Northern Norway will now be re-examined

What killed these people? When did they die? Who are they?

New study: The Black Death did not kill half of Europe’s population

An international research group has found that the pandemic affected different areas of Europe differently. Norway may have been hit hard.

The Black Death came to Europe at different times

Scientists have long believed that Europe was hit by successive waves of plague because the disease survived on the continent in rats and other rodents. But new research suggests instead that the plague came multiple times along trade routes from the East.