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Volcanic eruptions set off a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe, according to new research.
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Photograph of the fresco Trionfo della Morte, taken at its original location in the Camposanto Monumentale in Pisa. The fresco, known as the Triumph of DeathÂand attributed to the painter Buonamico Buffalmacco, is not precisely dated; scholarly estimates range from 1335 to 1350. While it does not depict the Black Death explicitly, the selected detail shows victims of an epidemic from diverse social backgrounds, their souls carried off by demons. (Martin Bauch via SWNS)
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Atlas from the 14th century, attributed to Abraham Cresques. (Bibliothèque Nationale de France via SWNS)
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