"VAMPIRE" PICTURE: Exorcism Skull Found in Italy

Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 11:37 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A newfound partial body and skull of a plague victim show her jaw forced open by a brick—a medieval exorcism technique used on suspected vampires.

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