After extracting and analyzing ancient DNA from the teeth of 13 soldiers they instead found evidence the men suffered from a ...

At least 300,000 men died during Napoleon’s retreat from Russia - now the latest genetic techniques have identified two ...

To solve the debate of which pathogens were involved in the destruction of Napoleon's army, researchers analyzed the teeth of ...

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s once-mighty army left Russia battered, frostbitten, and starving. The infamous retreat claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, but until recently, no one could say ...

When Napoleon Bonaparte led his Grand Army into Russia in 1812, he commanded the largest military force Europe had ever seen ...

Institut Pasteur and partner institutions report genetic evidence of Salmonella enterica lineage Para C and Borrelia ...

Genetic analysis is being carried out to confirm the identity, using DNA from one of the general's descendants, with the results to be announced on Thursday. Gudin is said to have been one of Napoleon ...

PARIS -- For decades, the fate of Napoleon Bonaparte has been debated and studied. Now a French historian is locked in an uphill battle against the government over a DNA test he says could end the ...

Napoleon’s admirers will be able to carry his DNA on their wrists after a Swiss company announced Tuesday its plans to sell watches containing a fragment of the emperor’s hair.

Described by Bonhams as the “first hat to bear the Emperor’s DNA”, it is on display in Hong Kong before it moves to Paris and then London, where it will be auctioned on Oct. 27.

More than 200 years after he died of his battlefield wounds in Russia, one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s favourite generals has been formally identified thanks to DNA tests on a one-legged skeleton ...

Moscow: Archaeologists are set to unveil the answer to a 200-year-old question over the remains of a French general who died during Napoleon´s 1812 campaign in Russia.Charles Etienne Gudin was ...