Topic ID #13884 - posted 9/16/2011 5:47 PM
Jennifer Palmer
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Did Zombies Roam Medieval Ireland?
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
Did Zombies Roam Medieval Ireland?
Two 8th-century skeletons with stones shoved in their mouths suggest that the people of the time thought so.
By Rossella Lorenzi
Fri Sep 16, 2011 09:31 AM ET
Two early medieval skeletons were unearthed recently in Ireland with large stones wedged into their mouths -- evidence, archaeologists say, that it was feared the individuals would rise from their graves like zombies.
The skeletons, which were featured in a British documentary last week, emerged during a series of digs carried out between 2005 and 2009 at Kilteasheen, near Loch Key in Ireland by a team of archaeologists led by Chris Read from the Institute of Technology in Sligo, Ireland and Thomas Finan from the University of St. Louis.
The project recovered a total of 137 skeletons, although archaeologists believe that some 3,000 skeletons spanning from 700 to 1400 are still buried at the site.
Read more here.
Two 8th-century skeletons with stones shoved in their mouths suggest that the people of the time thought so.
By Rossella Lorenzi
Fri Sep 16, 2011 09:31 AM ET
Two early medieval skeletons were unearthed recently in Ireland with large stones wedged into their mouths -- evidence, archaeologists say, that it was feared the individuals would rise from their graves like zombies.
The skeletons, which were featured in a British documentary last week, emerged during a series of digs carried out between 2005 and 2009 at Kilteasheen, near Loch Key in Ireland by a team of archaeologists led by Chris Read from the Institute of Technology in Sligo, Ireland and Thomas Finan from the University of St. Louis.
The project recovered a total of 137 skeletons, although archaeologists believe that some 3,000 skeletons spanning from 700 to 1400 are still buried at the site.
Read more here.
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