Friday, June 19, 2015

Live Science: "Did Ebola Strike Ancient Athens?"

The article ponders whether the Plague of Athens, which began in 430 B.C., might have been Ebola based on recent evidence showing that Ebola has been around for much longer than previously believed, and the symptoms and supposed source from south of Egypt as recorded by Thucydides.

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