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Article: Medieval 'vampire' skull found near Venice.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  March 9, 2009 ;     507 words ... ... Female "vampires" were often blamed for spreading the plague epidemics through Europe, team leader Matteo Borrini of Florence University said, adding the skull could be the first such "vampire" to have been forensically examined. "At ...

Article: Italy dig unearths female "vampire" in Venice
AP Online;  March 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Vampires don't exist, but studies show people at the time believed they did, said Matteo Borrini, a forensic archaeologist and anthropologist at Florence University who studied the case over the last two years. For the first time we have found ...

Article: Italy dig unearths female 'vampire' in Venice
AP Worldstream;  March 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Vampires don't exist, but studies show people at the time believed they did, said Matteo Borrini, a forensic archaeologist and anthropologist at Florence University who studied the case over the last two years. For the first time we have found ...

Article: Italy dig unearths female 'vampire'
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... don't exist, but studies show people at the time believed they did," said Matteo Borrini, a forensic archaeologist and anthropologist at Florence University who studied the case over the last two years. "For the first time we have found ...

Article: Scientists sink their teeth into vampire myth
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 14, 2009 ;     500 words ... ... the first time we have found evidence of an exorcism against a vampire," said Matteo Borrini, a forensic archaeologist and anthropologist at Florence University. Medieval texts show the belief in vampires was fueled by the disturbing appearance ...

Article: long Before 'Dracula,' undead 'shroud-eaters' fed vampire ...
The Virginian Pilot;  March 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... don't exist, but studies show people at the time believed they did," said Matteo Borrini, a forensic archaeologist and anthropologist at Florence University who studied the case over the past two years. "For the first time, we have ...

Article: THE READ: ; 'Undead' unearthed in Venetian dig; Skull of woman ...
Charleston Gazette;  March 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... don't exist, but studies show people at the time believed they did," said Matteo Borrini, a forensic archaeologist and anthropologist at Florence University who studied the case over the last two years. "For the first time, we have ...