Posted on 11/08/2007 11:09:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Hierakonpolis is a site famous for its many "firsts," so many, in fact, it is not easy to keep track of them all. So we are grateful(?) to Max Brooks for bringing to our attention that the site can also claim the title to the earliest recorded zombie attack in history. In his magisterial tome, The Zombie Survival Guide (2003), he informs us that in 1892, a British dig at Hierakonpolis unearthed a nondescript tomb containing a partially decomposed body, whose brain had been infected with the virus (Solanum) that turns people into zombies. In addition, thousands of scratch marks adorned every surface of the tomb, as if the corpse had tried to claw its way out! ...The tomb in question may indeed be the one we use a cozy and sheltered spot to take our lunch while working on the Fort, as its plastered, but unpainted walls are indeed covered with innumerable scratch marks that defy photography. If is the case, we might quibble -- purely for the sake of scientific accuracy -- that the 3000 B.C. date ascribed for the attack should be revised downward to the Old Kingdom, but its premier historical position remains unaffected.
(Excerpt) Read more at archaeology.org ...
This nondescript tomb (center) may be the location where the first historical evidence of a zombie attack was discovered. (Courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition)
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Freakin zombies are on the move again?
Like I ain’t got enough to do already, much less behead approaching zombies...
look at what happened to Zombie Hawass for example...
We have Zombies here - they’re called “Liberals”.
LOLLLLLLLLLL!!!
I’m resisting the temptation to find a photo of him and white-out the eyes...
I hear fingernails on a chalkboard. Is that Björk?
Zombies for ya.
Nope. Cranberries. Just as irritating though.
Right. My bad.
Ratty, I’ll bring my boomstick, you bring the chainsaws...
Machetes man. You don’t want to be looking for gas during a zombie uprising.
Sounds like the start of a very bad Sci-Fi movie.
Probably a cousin.
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.
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