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BBC
| 11 months ago
Victorian vampire-slaying kit up for auction in Yorkshire The box contains a prayer book and vampire-slaying equipment A Victorian vampire-slaying kit is expected to fetch £2,000 at an auction in North Yorkshire. The 19th Century box contains a...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
The unearthed skeleton, pinned down through the chest with iron rod, in an excavation site in Sozopol, Bulgaria. Photograph: National History Museum of Bulgaria/HO/EPA Last weekend, Bulgarian archaeologists working near the Black Sea town of Sozopol...
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Novinite
| 11 months ago
C Bulgaria is in for three days of sizzling heat as temperatures are expected to reach 33-34 C on Friday and Saturday. Weathermen forecast highs of between 28-34C across the country, in Sofia 29C...Bulgarians and visitors to the country are in for a...
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Novinite
| 12 months ago
The discovery of medieval skeletons treated for vampirism is arguably the Bulgarian news of the week in terms of international media coverage. The discovery is not groundbreaking, since over 100 similar graves have been discovered over the years and...
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Novinite
| 12 months ago
Photo by NIM Due to huge interest in Bulgaria and abroad, the vampire skeleton found in the Black Sea town of Sozopol will become part of a special display of the National History Museum , NIM . The news was announced Thursday by the NIM Director,...
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Mail Online UK
| 12 months ago
7 June 2012 They say you can never be too prepared... but even for the most superstitious person this may be overkill. A 19th century Vampire slaying kit, which includes a wooden mallet and four oak stakes, glass vials of holy water and garlic paste...
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Novinite
| 12 months ago
Arrested in Bulgarian Gambling Boss Murder Crime June 7, 2012, Thursday 82 views Yordan Dinov, the 39-year-old alleged illegal bookmaker was shot dead in the very downtown of Sofia on April 4, 2012. Photo by Struma Two men have been arrested in the...
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Novinite
| 12 months ago
Iron Rods Used to Impale Corpses Found in Bulgaria Bulgarian arecheologist claim to have found a vampire skeleton at an excavatio site in the Black Sea town of Sozopol. File photo From The Daily Mail Steve Bird Ever since Gothic novelist Bram Stoker'...
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NY Daily News
| 12 months ago
Not quite, experts say, though archeologists there have uncovered two vampire skeletons from the Middle Ages, given that term because they were gored through the heart by iron stakes to prevent them from rising from the dead. "These skeletons stabbed...
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io9
| 12 months ago
Presented by Archaeologists exhume vampire skeletons in Bulgaria Every culture has its way of dealing with monsters. The people of 8th century Ireland curbed zombie uprisings by ramming rocks into the mouths of their dead . In medieval-era Bulgaria,...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Possible vampire skeletons from the Middle Ages were recently discovered in Bulgaria, adding fuel to the idea that there were real-life vampires before the days of Sookie and the "Twilight" films. Share This Story Must Read Sponsorship Link The two...
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The Dish Rag
| 12 months ago
Archeologists in Bulgaria claim to have unearthed two skeletons that were pieced through the hearts with iron rods to keep them from turning into vampires. "These two skeletons stabbed with rods illustrate a practice which was common in some...
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Fox
| 12 months ago
National history museum chief Bozhidar Dimitrov According to Bozhidar Dimitrov, head of the National History Museum in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, two skeletons from the Middle Ages were found in such a state last weekend near the Black Sea town of...
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Chandler Republic
| 12 months ago
Bulgarian archaeologists say they have unearthed centuries-old skeletons pinned down through their chests with iron rods -- a practice believed to stop the dead them from turning into vampires. According to Bozhidar Dimitrov, head of the National...
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Mail Online UK
| 12 months ago
Archaeologists in Bulgaria have unearthed two skeletons from the Middle Ages pierced through the chest with iron rods to keep them from turning into the undead. They are the latest in a succession of finds across western and central Europe which shed...
