Skeleton of young adult male buried in the grounds of a medieval charitable hospital in Cambridge, UK (IMAGE)
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One of the samples of ancient herpes DNA came from a young adult male from the late 14th century, buried in the grounds of medieval Cambridge’s charitable hospital (later to become St. John’s College), who had suffered appalling dental abscesses.
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Craig Cessford/Cambridge Archaeological Unit
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