AdvertisementScientists say they've solved a 700-year-old mystery: Where and when Black Death beganJune 30, 2022Max BarnhartfacebookEmailA woodcut from the 15th century depicts a scene from the Black Death plague, which killed an estimated 50 million people in Europe and the Mediterranean between 1346 and 1353. Scientists say they may have found the origin of this deadly disease. (Getty Images)