Posted on 10/02/2009 11:39:12 AM PDT by mgstarr
Archaeologists have found a cellar in the university town of Pécs in southern Hungary, which they believe to have belonged to Wallachian Duke Vlad III, more commonly known as ”Dracula.”
Tamás Fedeles, tutor of medieval and early modern history at Pécs University said his research showed that Vlad III Tepes alias ”Dracula,” lived in a two-story town house on what is now the city’s central square. Fedeles says the Duke of Wallachia (modern-day southern Rumania) owned the house in the 1460s and this is confirmed by a 1489 document that refers to it as ”Drakulya House.” The document contains a detailed description of the house and from this, Fedeles says the cellar most likely belonged to ”Drakulya”. Olivér Gábor, a local archaeologist, agrees. He says this cellar was one of the most impressive medieval cellars found to date. In his opinion, further excavations could turn up interesting finds. However, authorities plan to fill in the site of the newly discovered cellar. This is partly due to the views of the official archaeologist of the Cultural Heritage Protection Service, who expressed the view that the excavations did not unearth any items that might point to an individual owner.
Zoltán Kárpáti also disagreed with the position of the house referred to in the medieval document. He did concede, however, that the cellar could have been that of the ”Dracula House” of the document.
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Reports were that he would talk to his neighbors and frequently go to the corner store for bread and a pint of blood
Now, there is a man who knew how to treat his enemies. No sissy waterboarding for him.
He knew how to talk to muslims on terms they understood.
Did the find any pictures of Helen Thomas?
Is that Carville with the sword?
Oh, I thought they found his cell phone.
“Archaeologists Discover ‘Count Dracula’s’ Cellar”
...Thanks to a tip from Joe Biden...
I hope it’s got cooler stuff in it than Al Capone’s.
Carville, kill vampires?
You must be kidding.
He works for them!
It’s probably just a regular ‘ol cellar underneath a regular ‘ol townhouse...right?
So that "isolated forbidding castle" was just PR hype?
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