14 mummified bodies were found in a hidden crypt of the Dominican church in the city of Vác in Hungary during restoration work . Geneticists led by scientists at the University of Warwick studied samples from 26 of the bodies and found that eight of them had died of tuberculosis . They discovered DNA of More than 200 different strains of TB bacteria in the mummies . Analysis showed the strains all descended from a single strain that begun causing infections during the late Roman empire between 396CE-470CE .
More than 200 mummified bodies were found in a hidden crypt of the Dominican church in the city of Vác in Hungary during restoration work . Geneticists led by scientists at the University of Warwick studied samples from 26 of the bodies and found that eight of them had died of tuberculosis . They discovered DNA of 14 different strains of TB bacteria in the mummies . Analysis showed the strains all descended from a single strain that begun causing infections during the late Roman empire between 396CE-470CE .