And then came the final blow - in 1348, a sailor arrived in Weymouth, unwittingly bringing with him the Black Death ... in medieval art - the danse macabre, or Dance of Death.

Death is portrayed as a skeleton ... centuries had passed since the Black Death had plunged Europe into a crisis of faith, and the echoes persisted in works of art in which religion embraced ...

Researchers have been studying medieval skeletons at the Museum of London since 2003, each year unlocking more clues to the mystery that surrounds the Black Death. Each time Sharon DeWitte takes a ...

As an artist, one of my favorite things to do when I’m in a new town is just walk around and see what kind of street art is ...

In nearby east Smithfield, a similar skeleton formation was found in a Black Death burial site in the 1980s. And these are not the first skeletons to be discovered as part of the Crossrail project ...

“Painting in Florence and Siena After the Black Death: The Arts, Religion and Society in the Mid-Fourteenth Century” takes on Italian art in the aftermath of the bubonic plague. The calamity ...

A 14th-century mass burial pit full of victims of the Black Death has been discovered at the site of a medieval monastery hospital, according to archaeologists. Researchers uncovered 48 skeletons ...

The medieval Black Death led to better health for future generations, according to an analysis of skeletons in London cemeteries. Tens of millions of people died in the epidemic, but their ...

The medieval Black Death led to better health for future generations, according to an analysis of skeletons in London cemeteries. Tens of millions of people died in the epidemic, but their ...