Several years ago I read that in England colleagues were working in a
cemetery that was full of victims of smallpox. At that time there was
some question of whether the germ might not still be active. I haven't
heard any more on the subject. I would suggest contacting one of the
major disease control centers. I don't know the names but I know there
is one in Atlanta Ga. Be well all of you. Eliot Braun, Israel
Antiquities Authority