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Vampire skeleton unearthed in Bulgaria
Vampire skeleton unearthed in Bulgaria
Vampire skeleton unearthed in Bulgaria
Members of the media surround a skeleton pierced with a piece of iron, on display during a media event at the National History Museum in Sofia June 14, 2012. The museum plans to display a "vampire" skeleton on Saturday after unearthing the 700-year-old remains of two men stabbed through the chest with iron rods. Archaeologists, excavating a monastery near the Black Sea city of Sozopol, discovered the skeletons, which were buried in a pagan ritual that they said was aimed at keeping the men from turning into vampires. Picture has been rotated 180 degrees. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Vampire skeleton unearthed in Bulgaria
A videographer films a skeleton pierced with a piece of iron, on display during a media event at the National History Museum in Sofia June 14, 2012. The museum plans to display a "vampire" skeleton on Saturday after unearthing the 700-year-old remains of two men stabbed through the chest with iron rods. Archaeologists, excavating a monastery near the Black Sea city of Sozopol, discovered the skeletons, which were buried in a pagan ritual that they said was aimed at keeping the men from turning into vampires. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Vampire skeleton unearthed in Bulgaria
A skeleton pierced with a piece of iron is seen on display during a media event at the National History Museum in Sofia June 14, 2012. The museum plans to display a "vampire" skeleton on Saturday after unearthing the 700-year-old remains of two men stabbed through the chest with iron rods. Archaeologists, excavating a monastery near the Black Sea city of Sozopol, discovered the skeletons, which were buried in a pagan ritual that they said was aimed at keeping the men from turning into vampires. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Vampire skeleton unearthed in Bulgaria
National History Museum head Bozhidar Dimitrov (R) speaks to the media near a skeleton pierced with a piece of iron during a media event at the National History Museum in Sofia June 14, 2012. The museum plans to display a "vampire" skeleton on Saturday after unearthing the 700-year-old remains of two men stabbed through the chest with iron rods. Archaeologists, excavating a monastery near the Black Sea city of Sozopol, discovered the skeletons, which were buried in a pagan ritual that they said was aimed at keeping the men from turning into vampires. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Vampire skeleton unearthed in Bulgaria
A skeleton pierced with a piece of iron is seen on display during a media event at the National History Museum in Sofia June 14, 2012. The museum plans to display a "vampire" skeleton on Saturday after unearthing the 700-year-old remains of two men stabbed through the chest with iron rods. Archaeologists, excavating a monastery near the Black Sea city of Sozopol, discovered the skeletons, which were buried in a pagan ritual that they said was aimed at keeping the men from turning into vampires. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Vampire skeleton unearthed in Bulgaria
EPA Photo
Vampire skeleton unearthed in Bulgaria
An archaeologist cleans a skeleton on June 12, 2012 during archaeological excavations in the city of Veliko Tarnovo, about 220 kms east of the capital Sofia. Another centuries-old skeleton of a man who was subjected to a ritual to stop him from turning into a vampire was unearthed in central Bulgaria on June 12. Archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov said that the skeleton was tied to the ground with four iron clamps, while burning ambers were placed on top of his grave. AFP PHOTO / BGNES
Vampire skeleton unearthed in Bulgaria
EPA Photo
Vampire skeleton unearthed in Bulgaria
A man takes a picture with a mobile phone of a skeleton pinned down through the chest with an iron rod, during a presentation at the National History Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria, 14 June 2012. Two skeletons from the 12th-14th century were unearthed during archeological excavations of the National Museum of History near Sozopol at the beginning of June 2012, reports state. Both were pinned down with irons rods which is believed to have been a Bulgarian medieval tradition 'to stop the dead from turning into vampires.' EPA Photo
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