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What caused the 'Black Death'?

DNA of from the bacterium that caused 'Black Death' in the mid-14th Century has been found. A number of pathogens have been suspected of causing the Black Death,...
17 October 2010

Part of the show Hard-to-Reach Heritage: Israel and Peru

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