Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence ...

Researchers looked into tree rings and historical documents to shed light on the reason that brought the deadliest plague ...

Volcanoes may have played a pivotal role in the Black Death, the bubonic plague pandemic that ravaged 14th-century Europe.

A volcanic eruption may have triggered a deadly chain of events that brought the Black Plague to Europe in the 14th century.

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The Black Death arrived in London in the fall of 1348, and although the worst passed in less than a year, the disease took a catastrophic toll. An emergency cemetery in East Smithfield received more ...

Follow scientists as they track down the earliest known bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks, while historians and scholars explore the societal impact of the plague on ...

An unusual cannon found underwater off the coast of Sweden in 2001 may be the oldest shipboard gun ever discovered in Europe, a new study finds. Pieces of cloth found inside the object — thought to be ...