DNA from Napoleon’s ill-fated 1812 army reveals what likely led to the soldiers’ demise

Near the end of his reign, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of over half a million men in an invasion of Russia ...
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Study Links Napoleon's Army Collapse to Typhoid, Relapsing Fever

In the summer of 1812, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led approximately 500,000 soldiers on a campaign to conquer Russia ...

Louvre moves jewels to ultra-secure Bank of France vault after heist

The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France after a spectacular daylight heist exposed ...
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Ancient DNA Reveals the Secret Killers That Wiped Out Napoleon’s Army in 1812

Ancient DNA reveals Napoleon’s army was decimated by hidden fevers, not typhus, during the disastrous 1812 Russian invasion.

Napoleon’s doomed retreat: New study uncovers the diseases that finished what Russia began

New DNA evidence from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals Napoleon's retreating Grand Armée was decimated by paratyphoid and ...

Dead soldiers’ teeth reveal diseases that doomed Napoleon’s army

In the summer of 1812, the legendary French general Napoleon Bonaparte led an army about half a million strong to invade Russia. The Russians retreated but burned the countryside as they withdrew, ...