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Bulgarian ‘Vampire’ Featured On National Geographic
Sunday, September 16, 2012 16:32
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The National Geographic Channel is airing Sunday evening a film dedicated toarchaeology excavations in the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Sozopol, focusing on the “vampire“ skeleton.
The film will be shown at 9 pm.
The skeleton was the one of a man with an iron stick in his chest. He was buried over 700 years ago and was stabbed multiple times in the chest and the stomach, as his contemporaries feared that he would rise from the dead as a vampire.
The viewers will learn about the discovery and what historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists say about this practice on Bulgarian lands, and the connection between the “vampires” and count Dracula.
After the discovery, media in the US, Europe and Asia all broke the news in the press and in online editions.
The story found its place in two articles of the most-read tabloid in the world – The Daily Mail, in the Washington Post, BBC, and a number of Russian media.
Meanwhile, Bulgarian tour operators reported that the interest has been huge and Germans and Brits have inquired about “vampire vacations” in Sozopol.
Read more here: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=143273
2012-09-16 16:23:00
Source: http://gwvm.blogspot.com/2012/09/bulgarian-vampire-featured-on-national.html
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