Solving the Mystery of the Plague That Decimated Ancient Athens
In 430 BC, during the Peloponnesian War, a plague ripped through Athens. We now know it was caused by typhoid fever. You’d think, when we’ve known about an infectious disease for a couple thousand years, we would know how it works. But we didn’t. Until now. Plague, typhus, typhoid fever: some diseases sound so comfortably…
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Bethany Brookshire
