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I'm sure I read somewhere that it's mentioned in the bible-something about king david ordering the slaughter of all the female captives because of a massive outbreak affecting his army.

skittles2004 wrote: I was watching a PBS show, “Secerets of the dead” I found out something interesting. Pretty cool if you really think about it.

It was once upon a time believed that syphilis came from the “new world” or Native Americans should I say. It was believed that Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and from his ships he brought this bacteria, disease. Well a new theory thanks to Charlotte Roberts for claiming it to come from a Mid-Evil Friary in about the years 1300-1420’s. She and a bunch of experts dug up 240 bones. 60% had classic signs of syphilis.(holes and all) Skeleton 1216 was the best example. Your thinking OOO 60% of 240 NOT ENOUGH TO DISPROVE THE OLD COLUMBUS THEORY! Well, another group of experts studied more bones that date back to 600BC! 300 bones had Syphilis. These bones were found by really old ports. One trait they all had in common was that they were uh, socially active. Anyone care to comment?


Interesting stuff. I had heard Cortex got it from the Aztecs.