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Ancient Egyptians According to Augustin Calmet : The Egyptians believed that when the spirit of an animal is separated from its body by violence, it does not go to a distance, but remains near it.
Calmet conducted extensive research and amassed reports of vampire incidents and extensively researched theological and mythological accounts as well.
For example, The French Benedictine monk and scholar Calmet (1672–1757) places Togarmah in Scythia and Turcomania (in the Eurasian Steppes and Central Asia ).