Scientists had attributed the fall of several ancient civilizations including the Akkadian Empire, the Old Kingdom of Egypt, to factors like climate change and shifting allegiances. However, a new study proposes that this could be due to some extinct pathogens. Archaeologists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology excavated remains from an ancient burial site in Crete, Greece, called Hagios Charalambos. There they found…
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Pathogens Contributed to the Fall of Some Ancient Civilisations, Says Study
