After being displayed at the
National History Museum in Sofia, the purported Bulgarian
'vampire skeleton' has been returned to
Sozopol on the Black Sea coast, where it was originally found. A reconstruction of the head of the deceased man from the 14th century has been carried out by Professor
Yordan Yordanov, and was presented to the public in late May. Apparently a man of about 45 years of age, he is described as
'handsome as a Roman'. He certainly does not look particularly scary...
Having arrived safely in Sozopol, both the skeleton and the reconstructed head are
exhibited at the Archaeological Museum in Sozopol, where they are expected to become a tourist attriction.
In the words of Bozhidar Dimitrov:
'They are pretty disappointed in Sozopol that [the skeleton] is not with them. He’s been lying about long enough, it is time he goes and makes some money at the seaside.'
Cf. older posts like
Archaeology as romanticism and ideology and
Vampire skeletons, a Bulgarian Indiana Jones and the remains of John the Baptist. A video from the Sozopol exhibition can be found at
Zona Burgas.
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| Professor Yordan Yordanov and his reconstruction (from Novinar) |
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| A Bulgarian novel about the Sozopol 'vampire' by Galina Zlatareva, A drop of blood for the vampire |
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