
A photo from 1934 showing the skeletons of a man and a woman found in the House of the Craftsman in Pompeii. In 2022, scientists have managed to sequence the genome of the man, revealing his genetic profile, and that he had been afflicted by tuberculosis during his lifetime [1585×2066]
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[https://www.sciencealert.com/first-human-genome-sequenced-from-the-ruin-of-pompeii](https://www.sciencealert.com/first-human-genome-sequenced-from-the-ruin-of-pompeii)
[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10899-1](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10899-1)
For some weird reason I never realize actual bones have been found during that time..
There’s a book out now called Everything Is Tuberculosis. It’s a very interesting read, talks about how pervasive tuberculosis was throughout history and is still to this day.