DNA reveals the diseases that devastated Napoleon's doomed army

Researchers who analyzed DNA from the teeth of soldiers who died during the retreat from Moscow say they have identified two ...
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Study Links Napoleon's Army Collapse to Typhoid, Relapsing Fever

In the summer of 1812, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led approximately 500,000 soldiers on a campaign to conquer Russia ...
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What killed Napoleon's army? Scientists find clues in DNA from fallen soldiers' teeth

In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a ...
Los Angeles Times

A hat worn by Napoleon fetches $1.6 million at an auction of the French emperor’s belongings

PARIS — A faded and cracked felt hat worn by Napoléon Bonaparte fetched $1.6 million Sunday at an auction of the French emperor’s belongings The signature broad, black hat — one of a handful still in ...
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A Hat That Napoleon Wore During the Battle of Jena Just Sold for $1.4 Million at Sotheby’s

A bicorne hat that once belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte just sold for €1.2 million ($1.4 million) at Sotheby’s. Believed to have been worn by the first French emperor on July 7, 1807, during a meeting ...
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Napoleon’s ornate flintlock pistols sell for $1.83 million

Two flintlock Gossard pistols once owned by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte have sold at auction for €1.69 million ($1.83 million). The guns were sold at French auction house Osenat in Fontainebleau ...
Nature

How Napoleon’s army met its doom: DNA reveals surprise illnesses had a role

Remains of some of the 300,000 soldiers who died on the retreat from Moscow reveal two bacterial diseases that probably added ...