The oldest confirmed case of the illness shows the bubonic plague circulated in North Africa thousands of years before the ...

Now, the ancient Egyptian mummy housed at the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, has unveiled that the plague was also prevalent in North Africa at the start of the Bronze Age, reports the Mirror US.

The oldest confirmed case of the illness in an ancient Egyptian mummy has shown the bubonic plague was around thousands of ...

Known as "Fred," this mummy proves that Egyptians had been using embalming practices for 1,500 years longer than scientists ...

The treasures of the Pharaohs will be arriving in Rome this autumn for a landmark exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale.

The scientific name for the infection, Yersinia pestis, wiped out vast swathes of Europe but this new finding means ...

the Museo Egizio, Egyptian Museum and so much more. There's also the Museo Degli Strumenti Musicali, which houses one of the largest collections of musical instruments in Europe. Many visitors ...

But there is also the ancient Egyptian exhibits of the Museo Gregoriano Egizio, as well as the Etruscan offerings of the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco. And that’s just a start. Main attractions ...