First pandemic burial site Credit Karen Hendrix University of Sydney (IMAGE)

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First pandemic burial site Credit Karen Hendrix University of Sydney

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The ancient hippodrome at Jerash, the site of a mass grave from the plague. 

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Karen Hendrix, University of Sydney

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