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China: 151 people in quarantine after bubonic plague outbreak in Yumen

Chinese authorities have placed 151 people in quarantine and sealed off an entire city after a man died from bubonic plague.

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Evidence of ancient “end of the world” plague discovered in Egypt

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the remains of an epidemic that so fiercely ravaged the population at the time that some believed it to be a sign of the apocalypse.

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Danse Macabre by Michael Wolgemut (1493)

Black Death skeletons dug up in Crossrail excavations in London

Excavations for the Crossrail project in London have unearthed skeletons from people buried during the 14th and 15th centuries, believed to have died from the Black Death.