Found! Female Vampire Remains in Venice

"For the first time we have found evidence of an exorcism against a vampire.", said Matteo Borrini, a forensic archaeologist and anthropologist at Florence University. The remains of a woman who was around 60 at the time of her death were found on the Lazzaretto island, near Venice. She died of the plague in 1576.

It was popular in the middle ages to force a stone or brick in the vampire's mouth to cause it to starve to death. Such is the case here. Despite the evidence here that the skeleton's contemporaries definitely believed she was a vampire, Borrini believes otherwise. His theory is that the myth of vampires was entirely due to medieval ignorance about the process of a body's decomposition after death and the source of disease.

Of course, we can all form our own opinions.

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Welcome to Vampire Signs!

With the movie Twilight booming into popularity, interest in Vampires is still on the rise. The blood, the lust, the blood lust and immortality of course capture our mere mortal imaginations in ways few things could. So we're starting this space to talk about Vampires, Vampire Signs, Ancient Vampire Symbols, Vampire Language, Vampire Alphabet and all methods of marking and communication linked to Vampires.

We'll also be exploring Vampire myths, Vampire legends, Vampire History, Vampire Art and generally all things Vampire up to and including Vampire Tattoos and Vampire Poems. This will be your favorite repository of information on the bloodsucking owners of the night.

Much Vampire lore centers on the vampire Egyptian link. Which leads to vampire symbolism being heavily laden with Egyptian themes and references. An example being the link with Vampire and the Ankh symbol. Other sources claim ancient Assyrians with a shared link to the Babylonians were the source of the first vampires. We'll explore these and other legends in search of the the truth.

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