In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Russia with one of the largest armies in history—the “Grande Armée” of about half a ...
In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée met its most devastating enemy—not the Russian army, but biology itself. As ...
When Napoleon’s once invincible army limped out of Russia in winter 1812, frostbite and hunger were merely half the story.
Ancient DNA reveals Napoleon’s army was decimated by hidden fevers, not typhus, during the disastrous 1812 Russian invasion.
Disease-causing bacteria that have been recently discovered in the teeth of Napoleonic soldiers may have spurred the massive ...
In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a ...
In 1940, Drosmieshchora, a secluded Russian village in Meshchera, witnessed an extraordinary event. A significant shower of 16th-century antique coins, amidst a gentle downpour, descended, astonishing ...
DNA from Napoleonic soldiers’ teeth uncovered two fever-causing bacteria that may have worsened the army’s fatal retreat from Russia.