A friend sent me a link to this interesting article:

From the very beginning of Predynastic research, Sir W.M. Flinders Petrie reported several headless, but seemingly intact, burials during his famous excavations at Naqada in 1895. Further excavations at Gerzeh and other sites revealed more of these curious burials, but no satisfactory explanation could be proposed at the time.

Hmmm, evidence of a ancient zombie outbreak?  Possibly.  The archeological team has decided to not take any chances.

Little is known about how long the virus can lay dormant, thus it is possible that another outbreak could occur at any time--given its history, especially at Hierakonpolis. With this potential in mind, we asked Tom Flanigan, zombie eradication expert for the U.S. Forestry Service, to draw up a contingency plan for us--see his report below. However, we stress that nothing amiss has been observed during any of our recent excavations (though the number of missing heads is a bit curious).

Techniques utilizing equipment the archeological team would have on had on hand are covered.

Best line:

A little mummy dust in an open wound or scratch could have you driving the Devil's Cadillac in the fast lane all the way to Zombie-town.

Hat tip to Alonzo

…but Question Claims That It Sickened People.  Sounds like they are not sure what made the folks sick, but they are fairly cartain it wasn't the meteorite. 

"…the meteorite's muddy crater boiled for maybe 10 minutes from the heat and could have given off a vapor that sickened people, and scientists were taking water samples."

So far there are no reports of cannibalism or strange murders.  Guess this isn't the zombie producing variety of meteorite. See this earlier post about the meteorite in Peru.

Oh well, better luck next time.  Heh heh.

A fireball fell from the sky and slammed into southern Peru over the weekend, creating a huge crater that emitted a sickeningly smelly gas, local authorities said. More than 600 villagers fell ill, the Peruvian radio network RPP reported Tuesday.

…gases emanating from the crater caused nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches and stomach pain - so much so that authorities were considering calling a state of emergency. The newspaper La Republica reported that seven policemen became ill and were taken to a hospital."

Now might be a good time to review your emergency plans and take inventory of your supplies.

Via Instapundit