A vampire scandal in Bohemia

Last Thursday’s Prague Daily Monitor had an article about an excavation of a 4,000 year-old grave in Mikulovice that contained evidence leading researchers to suggest that whoever buried the man believed he was a vampire. 

The large stones on the man’s head and chest may have been to keep him from returning from the grave to harm people and property. 

This is an early Bronze Age site.  Although we may never know conclusively whether the buried man was believed to be a vampire, I love the idea of prehistoric vampires.

Thanks to Steve Kelner for the head’s up on this.