Solanum Virus - Archaeologists are buzzing over evidence an ancient zombie outbreak caused by the Solanum virus at Hierakonpolis in pre-dynastic times may have led to the formation of Egytian civilization.
Drawing inspiration from the Solanum virus research of Max Brooks classic reference work The Zombie Survival Guide (2003), intrepid archaeologists learned that in 1892, a British dig at Hierakonpolis unearthed a nondescript tomb containing a partially decomposed body, whose brain had been infected with the virus (Solanum) that turns people into zombies.
Zombie victims were decapitated on this stone to prevent an outbreak:
Zombie brain preserved in the skull of Burial 350. Analysis may provide the answer to the history of the Solanum virus and ultimately lead to its cure!
Evidence of the ancient zombie attack at Hierakonpolis is irrefutable. Scientists are applying for further research funding from the Pentagon aimed at developing a modern day army of mutant zombie killers.
Sadly, one of the top archaeologists working at the dig site became infected by the zombie virus and had to be put down:
But rumor has it he’ll be back soon to help finish the dig:
Read more about their fascinating quest for the truth behind the earliest known zombie attack in the latest issue of Archaeology magazine.
And that’s the latest news on the ancient Egyptian zombie outbreak caused by the Solanum virus.
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November 9th, 2007 at 10:56 am
[...] hitsusa wrote an interesting post today on Solanum VirusHere’s a quick excerptDrawing inspiration from the Solanum virus research of Max Brooks classic reference work The Zombie Survival Guide (2003), intrepid archaeologists learned that in 1892, a British dig at Hierakonpolis unearthed a nondescript tomb … [...]
November 11th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
zombies in egypt?
November 19th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Are you guys on crack or something? The Zombie Survival Guide is a book of complete bull sheet.
November 19th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
The pictures you guys posted are fake as heck because the hand is cheap novilty toy that you can find at any store for hollowen props and joke stores. Also the virus is not air born and is only passable to the victim by bit wounds.
November 28th, 2007 at 9:50 am
This is coming from an actual article in a serious publication. True, the Zombie Survival Guide is fake, but maybe there is some truth to some of it.
Read more here:
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/hierakonpolis/zombies.html
February 5th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
I jus want to know if this solanum virus is real or not because my dad doesnt know the disease and he’s a medical team person on the firedepartment in our county and I’ve read the zombie survival guide and it’s not that bad I think.
February 6th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Virus Code. 00.067.0.01.006. Virus Accession number 67010006.
Synonym(s): solanum nigrum mosaic virus, solanum nodiflorum virus.
Approved acronym: SNMV.
Virus infects plants.
Description is on taxonomic level of species. Virus is an approved species in the genus. Virus belongs to the genus Sobemovirus (VC 00.067.0.01.).
Virus first reported in Solanum nodiflorum, an endemic species (Henderson, 1974). From eastern Australia. Reference(s): Greber (1965).
June 8th, 2008 at 12:43 am
I’ve read The Zombie Survival Guide. The part that I was most intersted in was the back of the book where they talk about real supposable outbreaks. But something caught my eye when I was reading it. I saw a pattern with the virus. Most supposable outbreak is near salt water. If the Solanum virus is true, could there but a parist in the water that has this virus? And when its contact with the host, it makes the host go crazy and changes physical features on the host. I might be wrong but its just a thought.
August 29th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
If you all want to know how the first person is infected by the virus is by slat water and a plant but you have to have a open wound. That’s all that I could fin on it. The Zombie Survival Guide could be fake yes but the points it makes are somewhat to unreal to not be true if you do enough studying on the virus you’ll find that a lot of well known scientists have done work on it. Go to yahoo or Google and type in Solanum studies and you’ll almost everything you want to know about it. Now am I saying this stuff is real no but it might be who knows. You guys can believe it or not but I’ll keep an open mind on this un-till I find some hard facts till then I won’t say real or not real cause I really don’t know.
September 24th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
this is real or not ?