Why did this 5th-century child get a 'vampire burial'? - Futurity

Romans may have buried the 10-year-old with a stone in his or her mouth to keep the child from rising from the dead to spread malaria to the living.

Archaeologists found a child who was given a 'vampire burial' to keep them from becoming a zombie

Child Vampire Burial Discovered In Ancient Roman Baby Cemetery - SlashGear

400-Year-Old 'Vampire Child' Was Buried with Their Foot Padlocked so They Wouldn't Rise from the Grave

Vampire child' with padlocked ankle dug up in 17th-century cemetery

Inside 'child vampire' graveyard where victims were buried with knives across throats to 'stop them coming back to life

17th-Century 'Vampire Child' Burial Unearthed In Poland

Archaeologists Find 'Vampire Child' Padlocked in Polish Graveyard

Ancient Egyptian villa reveals rare family shrine - Futurity

Ancient Egyptian villa reveals rare family shrine - Futurity

Vampire child' with padlocked ankle dug up in 17th-century cemetery

Of Dreams, Relatives, Spirits and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard - Panorama

Undying Dread: A 400-Year-Old Corpse, Locked to Its Grave - The New York Times