Vampires are 'petty'

The ancients pulled out the teeth of corpses who were considered "vampires" so they could not bite or suck blood if revived.

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In June, archaeologists discovered the remains of some vampires in Sozopol, Bulgaria. They died about 700 years ago. The team saw two iron bars piercing the chest positions of two skeletons. The presence of iron bars indicates that the ancients used it to prevent the "vampire" resurgence .

An archaeologist brushed off the soil on a person's skeleton
suspected of being a "vampire" in the city of Sozopol, Bulgaria.

But one thing worth noting is that all the teeth of both of the skeletons have been extracted. This phenomenon shows that the ancients wanted to eliminate the "vampire" biting and sucking ability if they resurrected, National Geographic explained.

Vampire stories spread fear to Europeans thousands of years ago.

Archaeological expert studies another skeleton at
Sozopol city, Bulgaria. (Photo: National Geographic)

"When excavating graves dating back thousands of years, we saw many skeletons tied, prone, packed into piles or lost limbs," Mark Collins Jenkin, a historian who worked for National magazine. Geographic, counting.

According to Bozhidar Dimitrov, director of the Bulgarian National Museum of History, the medieval people believed that individuals who had committed taboo or cult worship would become vampires after death. The legend of vampires is quite common in Bulgaria from the 12th century to the 14th century.