Ash from the explosion may have led to crop failure and famine in southern Europe, leading some Italian cities to import ...
Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence ...
Volcanic eruptions could have fueled the spread of the Black Death plague across medieval Europe, according to a new study ...
A volcanic eruption may have triggered a deadly chain of events that brought the Black Plague to Europe in the 14th century.
The Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region spanning modern-day Middle Eastern countries, is considered the cradle of civilization and where farming first emerged. But little is known about how ...
Ancient DNA from Mycenaean livestock reveals a rare western Mediterranean lineage in pigs at Tiryns, offering new insight ...
History columnist Jeff Suess is on a special assignment. Please enjoy a story from the vault. This article originally appeared on Dec. 14, 2014. America in the beginning was a bit of a Scrooge when it ...