written by Owen Morton
updated 13.08.2020
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written by Owen Morton
updated 13.08.2020
There’s no question that we’re living through unusual times: the coronavirus pandemic is a health crisis unparalleled in our lifetimes. But it’s by no means the first disease to spread across the world: there are plenty of plagues and illnesses that are now consigned to the archives of human history. Here, we take a look at nine locations across the globe that have been touched by pandemics in the past.
Feodosia, Crimea, Russia © Viacheslav Lopatin/Shutterstock
Hrastovlje in Istria, Slovenia © Stepo Dinaricus/Shutterstock
Cusco, Peru © Owen Morton
Hyderabad, India © FocalPoint/Shutterstock
Broadwick Street in Soho, taken during Covid 19 lockdown © CK Travel/Shutterstock
Athens, Greece © Shutterstock
Dargavs Necropolis, Russia © Georgy Golovin/Shutterstock
Inside the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul © Shutterstock
Bukhara Old City's Abdulaziz Khan Madrasa © AlexelA/Shutterstock
written by Owen Morton
updated 13.08.2020
Owen Morton is never happier than when exploring new places, with a particular fondness for wandering the former Soviet world and the Middle East. He is the author of the upcoming Rough Guide to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and has written for Rough Guides' Make the Most of Your Time on Earth compilation, as well as regular contributions to the Rough Guides and Insight Guides blogs. When not exploring the world, he entertains himself by writing a blog about 1980s cartoons. His favourite animal is the wonderfully expressive and permanently furious manul. Follow him on Instagram at @owenmortonmanul.
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