“Matteo Borrini, an anthropologist from the University of Florence, said the discovery [of a woman's skull with its mouth agape and a large slab of rock forced into its mouth] on the small island of Lazzaretto Nuovo in the Venice lagoon supported the medieval belief that vampires were behind the spread of plagues like the Black [...]
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Not so Serenissima: Venice Vampire Skull Unearthed
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