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Illustration of Lugnano child burial
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Lugnano child burial

Wɔfrɛ no bio: Vampire of Lugnano, Necropolis of the Children
Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewTete wiase

At Lugnano in Teverina, a Roman-era cemetery for infants and children produced burials in which the bodies had been weighed down or had stones set in their mouths. The excavators interpret these as steps taken against the dead rising. The graves are far older than any written vampire tradition. They suggest that fear of the returning corpse, and the physical means of preventing it, were already present in late antique Italy.1

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A 5th-century children's cemetery at Lugnano in Teverina
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Late Roman (Italy)
Italy
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The reason these children were feared is not recorded.
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  • a stone forced into the mouth after death
  • stones weighing down the hands and feet

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Tete wiaseMfinimfini Mmerɛ1500 kɔsi 18991900 kɔsi 19671968 kɔsi 19992000 kɔsi 20092010 kɔsi ɛnnɛ450

A 5th-century children's cemetery at Lugnano in Teverina

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Deɛ fibea no ka

1

The site is known as the Children's Necropolis1

2

One child was buried with a rock placed in its mouth1

3

Another, a girl, had stones laid on her hands and feet1

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Archaeologists read the measures as attempts to stop the dead child returning1

5

Rocks over the body and objects in the mouth are among the anti-revenant measures recorded across Europe1

Fibea

  1. Vampire burial - Wikipedia

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Erichtho's reanimated soldierRoman (literary), 61Vampire of VeniceVenetian (Italy), 1576

Berɛ koro: Tete wiase

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