Image shows a tissue from one of the Medici embalming vessels was subjected to microscopic and molecular analysis, undated photo. Evidence of the parasite that causes a virulent type of malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) was detected in a 500-year-old organ stored in a terracotta jar bearing the Medici family crest. Note: Licensed content. (Eurac Research/Newsflash)
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14 June 2023
Astonishing new evidence has revealed that members of the notoriously plot-ridden Medici family may have died of malaria and not murder. The powerful Rennaisance family spawned four popes and two French queens as it ran its empire from Florence starting in the 15th century with Cosimo de...