After extracting and analyzing ancient DNA from the teeth of 13 soldiers they instead found evidence the men suffered from a ...

New research suggests that two surprise pathogens were among the diseases that laid waste to the emperor’s vaunted Grande ...

Researchers have uncovered microbial evidence in the remains of Napoleon’s soldiers from the 1812 Russian retreat. Genetic ...

Near the end of his reign, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of over half a million men in an invasion of Russia ...

In a modern context, these diseases are not typically life-threatening, but Napoleon’s army was in dire straits.

In 1812, French military general Napoleon Bonaparte controlled most of Europe. Even with all this power, though, when he went ...

Teeth from 13 Grande Armée soldiers in a Vilnius grave give first genetic proof that infections, with famine and cold, helped cause the loss of 300,000 men during Napoleon’s retreat from Russia.

Two people were arrested on Saturday evening as France continued to investigate the audacious Louvre jewellery heist. he ...

What do we know about the investigation into the jewel heist at the Louvre and what are some of the possible consequences?

French authorities have arrested two men in relation to last week's major jewel heist at Paris' Louvre Museum.

French authorities have detained two of the suspected robbers believed to have stolen precious crown jewels from the Louvre ...