Preview | Chasing the Plague
Preview: Season 22 Episode 10 | 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Scientists study medieval bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks.
Follow scientists as they track down the earliest known bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks, while historians and scholars explore the societal impact of the plague on medieval Europe. What happens when a third of a continent’s population is wiped out?
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Preview | Chasing the Plague
Preview: Season 22 Episode 10 | 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Follow scientists as they track down the earliest known bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks, while historians and scholars explore the societal impact of the plague on medieval Europe. What happens when a third of a continent’s population is wiped out?
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship-On "Secrets of the Dead"... One of the most fatal pandemics in human history.
-It almost killed the entire Eurasian population.
-We have to imagine the impact that that must have had on society.
-Now, can newfound knowledge o where the Black Death originated help combat future pandemics?
-To understand how pandemics are initiated is really important to be better defended today.
-Chasing the Plague on "Secrets of the Dead."
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Clip: S22 Ep10 | 1m 57s | The haunting journal of Agnolo di Tura reveals the horrors of the Black Plague. (1m 57s)
Could This Be the Black Death’s Earliest Victim?
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Clip: S22 Ep10 | 3m 21s | Ancient gravestones in Kyrgyzstan hint the Black Death began long before it reached Europe. (3m 21s)
How the Black Death Set Sail for Europe
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Clip: S22 Ep10 | 1m 5s | In 1347, ships reached Sicily with the Black Death. In a year, it spread across Europe to England. (1m 5s)
The Pandemic That Killed Half of Europe
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Clip: S22 Ep10 | 1m 28s | The Black Death may have killed nearly 50 percent of the Europe's population. (1m 28s)
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