The study revealed that Napoleon's soldiers suffered from several infections, exacerbated by cold, hunger, and exhaustion, ...

The retreat from Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Grande Armée in 1812 was a cataclysmic event that marked the ...

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

Ancient DNA from Napoleon’s soldiers reveals enteric and relapsing fevers - not typhus - as key killers during the army’s ...

A 2006 study involving DNA from 35 other soldiers from the same cemetery detected the pathogens behind typhus and trench ...

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.

French investigators suspect that the Louvre robbers received confidential information about the museum’s security system ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the most visited and celebrated cultural institutions in the world, became the scene of a daring daylight robbery that has stunned France and the global art ...