国家地理探索者:吸血鬼取证

  • PeterCoyote
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  • NationalGeographicexplorescenturiesofvampirelorean… NationalGeographicexplorescenturiesofvampireloreandlegend—unearthingnewscienceandinsightsonsuperstitionandpsychology.DidvampiresroamtheearthinthetimeofMichelangeloandLeonardodaVinci?Historicalrecordsindicatethatpeoplethoughtsoandevendescribehowtosafelyburythem.Now,morethan400yearslater,a16th-centurymassgraveisunearthednearVenicethatincludesaskeletonwithabrickapparentlyinsertedbetweenthejawsoftheskull.Thisappearstobeevidenceofamacabreritualdesignedto"kill"avampireandsparksahighlyunusualforensicinvestigation.  Formostofus,thevampireisafictionalcountwhobecameahorrormovieicon.Butistheremoretothelegendthanfiction?Dotheundeadactuallywalkamongus?Fromaself-proclaimedmodern-dayblood-drinkingvampire,toabishopwhoclaimstohaveexorcisedvampiresanddemons,toexpertsinanthropology,forensics,folkloreandvampirism,IsItReal?Vampiresshedslightonwhythisarchetypalimagehashauntedusforsolong.  Venice,1575-thejeweledcityofnorthernItalyisinthethroesofunimaginablehorror.Oneoftheworstplaguesevertostrikemankind:theBlackDeath.Massgravesswellthousandsofbodies.  Alegendgrowsthatavampireknownasa"Shroud-eater"isthecauseoftheplague.TheShroud-eaterfeastsoncorpses,thenrisesfromtheearthtoinfecttheliving.MorethanfourhundredyearslaterItalianforensicanthropologistandCSIspecialistMatteoBorrinileadsateamexcavatinga16thCenturymassgraveononeofVenice'soutlyingislands.Heuncoversaskeletonunlikeanyhehadeverseenbefore.Abrickappearstohavebeeninsertedbetweenthejawsoftheskull.Why?.Theanswershockshim.Hebelievestheobjectwaspartofamacabreritualdesignedtokillavampire.ThediscoverylaunchesBorrinionaforensicinvestigationunlikeanyhehaseverattempted-asheattemptstoputaface-alife-totheVampireofVenice.