For centuries, humans have been concerned about the dead coming back to life. Many people thought this could be stopped by putting a stone or brick in the mouths, experts said. 'Vampires' were thought ...

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a 10-year-old child in what is believed to be a rare case of a so-called "vampire burial." The child's skeleton was found with a rock in its mouth at the ...

Sink your teeth into this one. Scientists have recreated the face of a 16th-century woman with a brick jammed into her mouth, an object apparently wedged there to stop her from eating the dead — as ...

The skeletal remains of a 10-year-old child appear to be evidence of how ancient peoples tried to prevent their dead from rising and spreading disease. So called “vampire burial” discoveries are not ...