Dracula’s Balls: Weapons of Hyper-Violence Used by Vlad III Discovered Under Bulgarian Fortress

[Disir]

Ok. Serious now.

Archaeologists excavating at the medieval Bulgarian ‘Zishtova Fortress’ have unearthed ‘stone cannonballs’ which are thought to have been used by Vlad III [Tepes], the historical inspiration for Bram Stokers fictional vampire, Dracula.

Zishtova Fortress was built in the 13th century on a hill-top in Svishtov, a town situated on the Danube River just south of the Romanian border. The fortress was used up to 1810, at which time Russian soldiers torched it during the Russo-Turkish War between 1806 and 1812.

Finding the Weapons of Vlad the Impaler
According to the website Archaeology in Bulgaria , last month a team of archaeologists led by Nikolay Ovcharov from the National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofzia, discovered mid-15th century cannonballs which coincide with the time when Vlad III, the Impaler , seized the Zishtova Fortress during the winter of 1461-1462, attempting to retake it from the OttomanTurks.
Dracula’s Balls: Weapons of Hyper-Violence Used by Vlad III Discovered Under Bulgarian Fortress

And here is the the actual cool legit info
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/20...nube-fortress-zishtova-in-bulgarias-svishtov/

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Beat ya to it on Thursday. Look down the History forum list.

 

[Disir]

You sure did. Sorry, I didn't see it.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

He's one of the most interesting characters in history.

 

[Disir]

I agree.

 

[sparky]

 

[whitehall]

Hyper violence? Everyone had cannons in the mid 1400's.