walking dead

Drawing by D. Weiss of the burial in Tomb 693, from G. Di Stefano's journal.

19 June, 2015 - 00:58 Mark Miller

Ancient Greeks apparently feared zombies so much they weighed down the dead

Modern people have not been the only ones fascinated by the undead. Ancient Greeks on the island of Sicily had a fear of revenants so dire they weighed bodies down with rocks and amphora pieces to...