Called the last great plague of London, the Great Plague began in the spring of 1665 and ended roughly a year later. Officially, over 68,000 people died, but many believe that the number of plague deaths was closer to 100,000. During this time, the people of London lived through one unimaginable horror after another. Families

Plague Doctor Costume: Halloween Time!

The image is a portrait of a figure wearing a black plague doctor mask with a long beak and a wide-brimmed hat. The mask has a circular eyehole and a white, textured surface. The figure is dressed in a dark cloak and the background is a textured, muted brown. The painting has a rough, brushstroke texture and evokes a sense of mystery and the historical period of the plague.

Face masks have long been a fraught objects with multiple meanings, but what does our wearing of them represent today?

" We are the Plague ” by Ebeneeza K

Many images that have been traditionally used to depict the Black Death are, in fact, not images of the plague at all. Now, a group of dedicated historians are trying to correct the record.

Here is a graphic description of the symptoms and causes of Plague, the horrific disease believed to have caused the Black Death of the 14th century.

A group of bodies discovered below London's Liverpool Street station is thought to be the resting place of about 30 victims of the Great Plague of 1665.

Early-modern PPE.⠀⁠ ⠀⁠ In the 17th and 18th century, during the epidemics of bubonic plague that swept western Europe, plague doctors (who… | Instagram