Malaria is not ordinarily much of a killer, but in Upper Egypt last week it was as lethal as the plague. Accepted estimate ... so weakened the workers that ten are now needed to do the work ...

According to a new study, ancient Egypt suffered from Nile-born parasites ... 22% had falciparum malaria and 10% had visceral ...

The 3rd century tomb was used to stop the deadly spread of a pandemic The Cyprian Plague killed 5,000 people ... in a pit in Luxor, Egypt. Kilns used to produce lime to cover the victims were ...

But the pharaoh still said no, so God sent ten plagues to Egypt. The final plague was the death of the first born son. Image caption, God told Moses that the Israelites should mark their doorposts ...