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Gumnutbaby t1_jcorjkz wrote

It’s an interesting burial and the Romans definitely had some interesting rituals and magic. But I feel the idea of it being a vampire is projecting modern stuff on an archeological site.

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bul1etsg3rard t1_jcp3jy2 wrote

Bro you know when Dracula was published right? That wasn't even close to the first thought anyone had about vampires

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Archangel289 t1_jcppkhq wrote

What’s amused me before is that Latin has been a dead language for probably more than 1,000 years, and it has a word that directly translates to “vampire.”

The “urban legends” of them have been around for a long time, even if our modern interpretation of them—suave, sophisticated aristocrats and the like—is different

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