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Mass grave sheds light on 7th century plague

NPR | By Durrie Bouscaren
Published February 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM EST

In modern-day Jordan, a 1500-year old mass grave sheds light on the lives of people affected by the Plague of Justinian.

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