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Evidence of Historical Zombie Attack at Hierakonpolis

sertsa writes "A tongue-in-cheek article just published by the Archaeological Institute of America hypothesizes that the formation of ancient Egypt is linked to recurrent Predynastic zombie attacks due to outbreaks of Solanum virus. 'From the very beginning of Predynastic research, Sir W.M. Flinders Petrie reported several headless, but seemingly intact, burials during his famous excavations at Naqada in 1895. Further excavations at Gerzeh and other sites revealed more of these curious burials, but no satisfactory explanation could be proposed at the time. More recently, excavations in the non-elite cemetery at Hierakonpolis (HK43), undertaken from 1996 to 2004, have uncovered more of these strange headless burials in addition to 21 individuals whose cervical vertebrae bear cut marks indicative of complete decapitation. The individuals include men and women ranging in age from 16 to 65. The number and the standard position of the cut marks (usually on the second-fourth cervical vertebrae; always from the front) indicate an effort far greater than that needed simply to cause the death of a normal (uninfected) person. The standard position also indicates these are not injuries sustained during normal warfare.'"

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  1. Good thing he didn't blame The Religion of Peace. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Then he would have been modded DOWN.

    Slash-tards attack all religions, except Islam. Probably because Islam bites back. Ask Theo Van Gogh. Of course, there's that big yellow stripe that permeates leftists and makes them afraid of offending anyone who fights back. So busting on Christianity is OK. Remember Piss Christ?

    Although, now that I think about it, the Quran does call for decapitation of subhumans^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hnon-Muslims and women, which is why we see so many mujahadeen beheading kaffirs on YouTube.

    So maybe these bodies are the result of sharia. Maybe they were gays or lesbians. Maybe they dared to have sex outside of marriage. Maybe - horror of horrors - they renounced Islam, leaving decapitation the only viable alternative.