Ancient child's 'vampire burial' suggests Romans feared the walking dead.

The article reports on the vampire burial of an ancient child excavated in a Roman cemetery with a stone in his mouth, a funeral ritual to keep the body from coming back to life, according to scientists. Topics discussed include the excavation was led by archaeologist David Pickel of Stanford University in California, the possibility that the 10-year-old child was a victim of malaria, and the association between infants and toddlers buried with objects to magic and witchcraft.