When Napoleon’s once invincible army limped out of Russia in winter 1812, frostbite and hunger were merely half the story.

French detectives will be on the lookout for new jewels being offered up for sale in the years to come, Leila Amineddoleh ...

Scientists sequenced DNA from Napoleonic soldiers buried in Vilnius, uncovering paratyphoid and relapsing fever. These ...

Teeth from 13 Grande Armée soldiers in a Vilnius grave give first genetic proof that infections, with famine and cold, helped cause the loss of 300,000 men during Napoleon’s retreat from Russia.

Researchers have uncovered microbial evidence in the remains of Napoleon’s soldiers from the 1812 Russian retreat. Genetic ...

Researchers uncover two previously undetected bacteria in teeth from Napoleon’s soldiers, revealing a possible combination of ...

A new study has found that the epidemic which contributed to the downfall of Napoleon's army during the 1812 invasion of the Russian Empire was not ...

Disease-causing bacteria that have been recently discovered in the teeth of Napoleonic soldiers may have spurred the massive ...

Remains of some of the 300,000 soldiers who died on the retreat from Moscow reveal two bacterial diseases that probably added ...