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'Vampire burial' reveals efforts to prevent child's return from grave
'Vampire burial' reveals efforts to prevent child's return from grave
The discovery of a 10-year-old's body at an ancient Roman site in Italy suggests measures were taken to prevent the child, possibly infected with malaria, from rising from the dead and spreading disease to the living.
The skeletal remains, uncovered by archaeologists from the University of Arizona and Stanford University, along with archaeologists from Italy, included a skull with a rock intentionally inserted into the mouth. Researchers believe the stone may have been placed there as part of a funeral ritual designed to contain disease—and the body itself.
https://phys.org/news/2018-10-vampir...child.html#jCp
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