guy Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) A young boy victimized by the plague was discovered in Cambridgeshire. He was buried around 540-550 AD. “Genetic analysis of a tooth sample revealed he had been infected with the bacteria Yersinia pestis, which causes plague, and Haemophilus influenza serotype b.“ It is notable that the plague of Justinian (541-549 AD) was raging throughout Europe at this time. The bacterium (Yersinia pestis) that caused this boy’s death and the plague of Justinian later caused the Black Death, which ravaged Europe (1347-1351). http://anglo-saxon-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/2022/02/six-year-old-anglo-saxon-boy-who-lived.html?m=1 This study confirms earlier research in the area that the plague of Justinian (not just the later Black Death) caused many deaths in the area. https://inews.co.uk/news/bubonic-plague-first-arrived-in-britain-1500-years-ago-and-ravaged-the-country-299029/amp Edited September 8, 2025 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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