Secrets of the Dead
The Pandemic That Killed Half of Europe
The Black Death may have killed nearly 50 percent of the Europe's population.
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Secrets of the Dead
How the Black Death Set Sail for Europe
In 1347, ships reached Sicily with the Black Death. In a year, it spread across Europe to England.
Secrets of the Dead
The Black Death Journal
The haunting journal of Agnolo di Tura reveals the horrors of the Black Plague.
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Could This Be the Black Death’s Earliest Victim?
Ancient gravestones in Kyrgyzstan hint the Black Death began long before it reached Europe.
In the Margins
The Hidden Black Society They Don’t Teach You About
Deep in the Great Dismal Swamp, thousands of Black people created a hidden free society.