The 3rd century tomb was used to stop the deadly spread of a pandemic The Cyprian Plague killed 5,000 people ... in a pit in Luxor, Egypt. Kilns used to produce lime to cover the victims were ...

The rain will be light on the northwestern coasts, northern Lower Egypt, and the Canal cities. The weather will be moderate in temperature in Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, and the northern coasts, ...

The discovery provides molecular evidence for the presence of plague in ancient Egypt, as researchers have confirmed that Yersinia pestis existed at least at one point in the region. The finding ...

"Observers linked outbreaks of plague in Syria, Iraq and Egypt up through 1260 to the Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, where epidemic disease was reported even among the Mongol troops." ...