Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman site in Italy have come across the body of a child who may have died of malaria who appears to have been given a so-called "vampire burial." It's extremely eerie and weird," said University of Arizona archaeologist David Soren, who oversees the site. The new discovery represents the oldest child found so far at the cemetery. "This just further highlights how unique the infant—or now, rather, child—cemetery at Lugnano is." In 2009, another corpse was excavated in Venice of a female "vampire," who had likely fallen victim to the plague, with a brick shoved in her mouth.

Source: Forbes October 13, 2018 23:03 UTC