A new genetic analysis of teeth from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals hidden illnesses that plagued the French emperor's ...

In a modern context, these diseases are not typically life-threatening, but Napoleon’s army was in dire straits.

Rising from the remote plateau of Russia’s Komi Republic, the Manpupuner Rock Formations—also known as the Seven Strong ...

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée met its most devastating enemy—not the Russian army, but biology itself. As ...

Study authors reported in Antiquity that they discovered the earliest examples of the “Scythian animal style” at Tunnug 1, a ...

Russia has grappled with a shrinking and aging population for decades, with President Vladimir Putin viewing it as a threat ...

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

A newfound pottery sherd has cuneiform text from the Assyrian Empire asking the Kingdom of Judah about a late tribute payment ...

Near the end of his reign, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of over half a million men in an invasion of Russia ...

In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Russia with one of the largest armies in history—the “Grande Armée” of about half a ...

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have genetically analyzed the remains of former soldiers who retreated from Russia in ...

Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed infectious diseases that felled the French ...