Posted on 03/08/2009 5:13:24 PM PDT by PotatoHeadMick
The remains of a woman's skull with a rock thrust into its jaws is evidence of the mediaeval fear of vampires, Italian anthropologists have claimed. Scientists found the skull, with its mouth agape and a large slab of rock forced into its mouth, while excavating a mass grave dating from the Middle Ages on an island near Venice.
Female "vampires" were often blamed for spreading the plague epidemics through Europe, said Matteo Borrini of Florence University.
Wedging a rock or brick into the mouth of a suspected vampire was a way of preventing the person from feeding on the bodies of other plague victims and rising from the grave to attack the living, he told a meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in Denver last week.
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Politics have lost their appeal for me so I will try to avoid that subject for the foreseeable future. But f you can place me on the SunkenCiv; list I would appreciate it or do I have to somehow subscribe to that myself on here?
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My subjects of interests are in history, militaria, religions/theologies, archeology,myths and legends and while I do not generally believe in the following subjects, for fun (and to maintain an open mind) I love reading about alternate/revisionist history (and by that I mean subjects like pre-Columbian transatlantic voyages, ancient batteries, etc), crypto-zoology, UFOs and other Fortean happenings.
Politics have lost their appeal for me so I will try to avoid that subject for the foreseeable future. But f you can place me on the SunkenCiv; list I would appreciate it or do I have to somehow subscribe to that myself on here?
Much appreciated.
They'll assume it was some kind of religious practice. :-)
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