[blam]

I've often wondered if we might check some of the 'bog mummies' from that period. They are apparently completely intact. Maybe find some antigens, huh?

[another cricket]

Wouldn't the chemicals from the bog have caused enough changes in the mummy that this would be difficult?

a. cricket

[curmudgeonII]

I've often wondered if we might check some of the 'bog mummies' from that period.

Bog mummies are 1000, or more, years older than when the black death occurred.