Zombie Attack at Hierakonpolis

Archaeology ^ | November 6, 2007 | Renee Friedman

[SunkenCiv]

subtitled: "Weighing the evidence for and dating of Solanum virus outbreaks in early Egypt", I get the impression that this article may not be entirely serious. ;')

This nondescript tomb (center) may be the location where the first historical evidence of a zombie attack was discovered. (Courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition)

[SunkenCiv]

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[djf]

Freakin zombies are on the move again?

Like I ain’t got enough to do already, much less behead approaching zombies...

[Fred Nerks]

Working year after year in the Egyptian heat can do things to ya.

look at what happened to Zombie Hawass for example...

[ZULU]

We have Zombies here - they’re called “Liberals”.

[SunkenCiv]

LOLLLLLLLLLL!!!

I’m resisting the temptation to find a photo of him and white-out the eyes...

[Blind Eye Jones]

first historical evidence of a zombie attack was discovered.

The dead are fighting themselves. There'll be a zombie/mummy war before ya know it.

[Uriah_lost]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD5peb5Ewa0

[CholeraJoe]

"In your head, in your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,
In your head, "

[null and void]

I hear fingernails on a chalkboard. Is that Björk?

[dighton]

Zombies for ya.

[CholeraJoe]

Nope. Cranberries. Just as irritating though.

[null and void]

Right. My bad.

[null and void]

One of your ancestors?

[BJClinton]

Ratty, I’ll bring my boomstick, you bring the chainsaws...

[rattrap]

Machetes man. You don’t want to be looking for gas during a zombie uprising.

[curmudgeonII]

Sounds like the start of a very bad Sci-Fi movie.

[SunkenCiv]

[Darksheare]

Probably a cousin.

[Billthedrill]

Thank heavens for professional publications! You can't get decent advice on surviving a zombie attack from the comic books - I've tried, Lord knows I've tried. Oh, sure, you find out all about blowing their heads off with a double-barreled shotgun, but there are neighborhoods where everyone doesn't carry a double-barreled shotgun all the time (thank God I don't live in one). In those cases whatchagonnado?

You'd think it would be easy to figure that a guy staggering around drooling and looking for brains would be a tipoff but in a world where Hollywood actors, broadcast news anchors, and Democrats (but I repeat myself) are allowed to run around loose you only end up wasting ammo. Oh, sure, it's satisfying but double-ought costs bucks and you don't want to run short. Four zombies and Michael Moore chasing you around a tree and you don't want to be waiting for the FedEx guy to bring you your Cheaper Than Dirt backorder. That would suck.