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10. "Vampire" Skeleton UnearthedThe discovery of a 700-year-old skeleton in Bulgaria—seen at the country's National Museum of History in June—offers evidence that the fear of vampires is far older than Bram Stoker's Dracula. The "vampire," found entombed among church ruins in the Black Sea town of Sozopol (map), is the subject of Nat Geo News's tenth most viewed gallery of the year. The skeleton had been stabbed in the chest with an iron rod (upper right), which was in the tomb next to the body. (Also see "Vampire Expert Digs His Fangs into True Blood, Twilight.")Full story>>
Photograph by Nikolay Doychinov, AFP/Getty Images

Best News Pictures of 2012: Nat Geo News's Most Popular

A real-life "vampire," a spider swarm, and miniature chameleons are featured in the most popular news galleries of 2012.

December 8, 2012

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