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Ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria — the birthplace of Cleopatra — is crumbling into the sea at an unprecedented rate
Coastal erosion from rising sea levels has led to the collapse of 280 buildings across Alexandria, Egypt, over the past two ...
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Anthropology Professor Awarded €100,000 to Study Ancient Plague in Central Asia
Taylor Hermes, an assistant professor of anthropology at the U of A, received a grant of €100,000 to research the evolution and spread of the plague-causing bacterium Yersinia pestis during the Bronze ...
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Ancient ancestor of the plague discovered in Bronze Age sheep
The DNA of Yersinia pestis bacteria has been found in a Bronze Age sheep, offering a clue to how the plague may have spread ...