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ARE VAMPIRES FOR REAL?
Vampires don’t exist, but ∈ the past, myths about bloodsucking ghosts were common. Throughout the world, archaeologists have found graves containing humans who were believed to be vampires. One of the most recent discoveries was made ∈Bulgaria during the excavation of a church ∈Sozopol near the Black Sea, where scientists found two skeletons around 700 years old with iron rods through their chests.
The belief ∈ vampires originated long before modern times. The earliest known account of vampirelike creatures is 4,000 years old and stems from Mesopotamia. About 500 years ago, the belief ∈ vampires swept across Eastern Europe, spreading to Western Europe at a later point ∈ time.
Count Dracula was based on a real person. The most famous vampire ∈ history is Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula, who was inspired by Prince Vlad Tepes Dracula, ruler of Wallachia in Romania ∈ the mid-1400s. Tepes means “the impaler” and the prince earned his nickname through his preferred means of executing his enemies by penetrating the body with a pole and erecting it, thereby impaling his victim.
The belief ∈ vampires originated long before modern times. The earliest known account of vampirelike creatures is 4,000 years old and stems from Mesopotamia. About 500 years ago, the belief ∈ vampires swept across Eastern Europe, spreading to Western Europe at a later point ∈ time.
Count Dracula was based on a real person. The most famous vampire ∈ history is Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula, who was inspired by Prince Vlad Tepes Dracula, ruler of Wallachia in Romania ∈ the mid-1400s. Tepes means “the impaler” and the prince earned his nickname through his preferred means of executing his enemies by penetrating the body with a pole and erecting it, thereby impaling his victim.
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