An archaeologist in Bulgaria discovered in 2014 a skeleton buried in a manner that led him to believe the deceased person was the subject of an "anti-vampire ritual." Speaking to the British news ...

Pinned down with an iron rod: #Vampire burial found at Perpericon, Bulgaria, #archaeology, http://t.co/5B83zSCjjc pic.twitter.com/Ae9qtCGczY — Archaeology & Arts ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria – Travel agencies have reported a surge in interest in “vampire vacations” since news of the discovery of the remains in the Black Sea town of Sozopol broke in the international press ...

A picture taken on June 14, 2012 shows a skeleton with an iron piece before being exposed at the National History museum in Sofia. The ancient skeleton of a man, pinned down in his grave in order not ...

Bulgarian archaeologists are showing off two centuries-old skeletons that they say were pinned down through their chests with iron rods to keep them from turning into vampires — a trend that was all ...

Two corpses were found in Bulgaria with an iron rod pinned down through their chests, the remnants of a practice that was thought to keep people from turning into vampires in medieval Europe, ...

When archaeologists unearthed a skeleton with a stake in its chest, they were quick to dub it a "vampire grave." The researchers say the stake was driven into the skeleton "to stop the dead rising," ...

Just in time for Halloween, an archaeologist has excavated a vampire grave in Bulgaria. Yup, really — he discovered a skeleton with a stake through its chest. Professor Nikolai Ovcharov discovered the ...

The country's Ministry of Culture is pushing forward with plans to promote its many "Vampire Funeral" sites in an effort to lure tourists. Skeletons found with iron rods staked through their chests in ...

It seems we have the good people of 13th century Bulgaria to thank for the generally vampire-free world we live in today. Legend has it that a common practice back then was for iron stakes to be ...

Come to Bulgaria for the … vampire corpses? Well, yes. That's the message coming from Bulgaria's Ministry of Tourism this summer, according to an article on CityLab. In addition to beautiful beaches, ...

Romania may be the homeland of Dracula - but some Bulgarians insist they have a few vampires of their own, and are keen to market the potential. Sozopol’s vampire at an exhibition in the National ...