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Archeologists uncover medieval "Vampire cemetery" in Poland
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Archeologists uncover medieval "Vampire cemetery" in Poland
July 22, 2013 at 5:50 pm
Quote:A chilling find has been made in Poland: at least 17 skeletons buried with the skulls severed and placed between the knees or hands. That, say archaeologists, is how vampires used to be interred, to stop them rising from the dead.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeit...12363.html
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Re: Archeologists uncover medieval "Vampire cemetery" in Poland
July 22, 2013 at 6:25 pm
Wow. That's creepy.
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RE: Archeologists uncover medieval "Vampire cemetery" in Poland
July 22, 2013 at 7:08 pm
very cool.

i'm sure most already know this, but just in case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria, the disease that could've started the vampire myth.
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RE: Archeologists uncover medieval "Vampire cemetery" in Poland
July 22, 2013 at 8:53 pm
Ignorant xtians. No surprise.
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RE: Archeologists uncover medieval "Vampire cemetery" in Poland
July 22, 2013 at 11:58 pm
Quote: at least 17 skeletons buried with the skulls severed and placed between the knees or hands

Well that would suck
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RE: Archeologists uncover medieval "Vampire cemetery" in Poland
July 23, 2013 at 12:19 am
(July 22, 2013 at 7:08 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: very cool.

i'm sure most already know this, but just in case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria, the disease that could've started the vampire myth.
Yeah, a doctor thought I might have a form of porphyria after I got home from India. I had a heat stroke which made me delusional. He thought I had porphyria and I was reacting to the sun. One test came up positive for porphyria, but he was doing it wrong so it doesn't mean anything. I like to joke that I'm a vampire though. Cool Shades
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RE: Archeologists uncover medieval "Vampire cemetery" in Poland
July 23, 2013 at 3:26 am
Cool and creepy. And a little bit stupid Tongue
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RE: Archeologists uncover medieval "Vampire cemetery" in Poland
July 23, 2013 at 3:30 am
(July 23, 2013 at 12:19 am)futilethewinds Wrote:
(July 22, 2013 at 7:08 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: very cool.

i'm sure most already know this, but just in case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria, the disease that could've started the vampire myth.
Yeah, a doctor thought I might have a form of porphyria after I got home from India. I had a heat stroke which made me delusional. He thought I had porphyria and I was reacting to the sun. One test came up positive for porphyria, but he was doing it wrong so it doesn't mean anything. I like to joke that I'm a vampire though. Cool Shades
The funny/sad thing is some people might actually take you seriously if you claim to be a vampire, XD. And i'm glad you didn't actually get porphyria.
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RE: Archeologists uncover medieval "Vampire cemetery" in Poland
July 23, 2013 at 10:18 am
(July 22, 2013 at 5:50 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote:
Quote:A chilling find has been made in Poland: at least 17 skeletons buried with the skulls severed and placed between the knees or hands. That, say archaeologists, is how vampires used to be interred, to stop them rising from the dead.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeit...12363.html

The stakes probably rotted away though.
Besides, archaeologists don't say that, Bram Stokers does.
Dude, he has explained the whole ritual in the book, the beheading, the filling of the severed head with garlic, the staking of the heart, and the sealing of the coffin with a special ritual.
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