Yersinia Pestis in Egypt

In an Egyptian mummy radiocarbon-dated from the end of the Second Intermediate Period to the beginning of the New Kingdom (3290 ± 45 years BP; 1686-1449 cal. BC) of unknown provenience in the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy. y.p. has been attested recently. More information on the y.p. strain is not yet available. F. Maixner / E. Gaul / A. Mussauer / A. Paladin / C. Wurst / M. S. M. Sarhan / M. Samadelli / P. Del Vesco / F. Facchetti / C. Posth / M. Spyrou / A. Zink, The 3,300-year-old Yersini...