Vampire!!

[Qualidar]

Or, at least that's what I thought: What a great hook for a vampire adventure.

1,600-year-old Roman coffin unearthed in London

Unfortunately, judging by the state of the body, someone got to him first.

~Qulaidar~

 

[Cheiromancer]

It says the body was headless. Interesting. I wonder if they will find fragments of decomposed wood in the chest cavity?

 

[Aurora]

So, it begs the question, was he 5'6" with or wthout his head?
If it was just a be-heading, would they have buried his head with his body?

 

[Mycanid]

So, it begs the question, was he 5'6" with or wthout his head?
If it was just a be-heading, would they have buried his head with his body?

Sometimes people would not have the opportunity to ... err ... recover the head. Either it would be placed on a pole atop stockades or walls somewhere, or thrown outside the cities to animals for devouring, etc., etc. Usually such things were to "drive home the message" or what not, of course.

So whatever remained would then be buried.

 

[Aeson]

What no "There can be only one" comments?

 

[Mycanid]

What no "There can be only one" comments?

Hmm ... didn't think of that one.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

What no "There can be only one" comments?

That was my first thought. I guess Kurgan got to the guy first.

 

[Aeson]

That was my first thought. I guess Kurgan got to the guy first.

The Kurgan wasn't that old. It was Methos.

 

[Mycanid]

The Kurgan wasn't that old. It was Methos.

Glad you said it and not me ... he was in Rome in the first century AD, as far as I remember: I guess he could have travelled to Britain, eh?

 

[Aeson]

Glad you said it and not me ... he was in Rome in the first century AD, as far as I remember: I guess he could have travelled to Britain, eh?

If your as old as Methos I think you would have done some traveling.