Recently, archaeologists discovered what appears to be a zombie-containing burial from the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age.

These prehistoric grave diggers had their own special ways of making sure the dead stayed there and did not resurrect to terrorize the living.

Oppin, Germany, is where the grave issue was discovered. Dubbed a “zombie grave,” it

What, then, distinguishes it so much?

According to a Facebook post by the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt, a huge stone, more than three feet long and almost 1.6 feet wide, was erected on the legs of a middle-aged man buried there around 4,200 years ago.

This stone was four inches thick and incredibly heavy.

As per a translated statement from the Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology, the stone was probably positioned to keep the deceased safely in their burial place and avoid unplanned returns.

Ancient people carefully placed the large stone, thinking it would calm the restless spirits.

The State Office thinks the tomb is from the Bell Beaker culture, which flourished around 2,800 BC, at the end of the Neolithic era and the beginning of the Early Bronze Age.

Susanne Friederich, the excavations’ project manager and archaeologist with the state office, told Newsweek, “We know that people were afraid of revenants already in the Stone Age.”

People thought back then that occasionally the dead attempted to escape their tombs. On occasion, the deceased were arranged on their stomachs. Instead of rising to the surface, the dead burrow deeper if they sleep on their stomachs.

Some burials showed more was done than just placing the deceased on their stomachs; a lance was used to secure the body through the torso.

Archaeologists discovered the bones of a man between 40 and 60 years ago. The big stone pinned down his legs as he lay there, hunched over on his side. Fascinatingly, this time a lance was not required.