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Archeologists discovered a 17th-century Polish 'vampire' with a sickle across its neck meant to prevent a return from the dead

A female "vampire" skeleton was found in a 17th-century Polish graveyard. It was found restrained to prevent the dead woman from returning from the grave. The skeleton had a sickle laying across the ...
Yahoo

17th-century hoard brimming with 1,000 coins discovered in Poland

A metal detectorist searching for discarded tractor parts on a Polish farm discovered a completely different type of valuable metal: A spectacular hoard of 17th-century coins buried beneath the soil.
Artnet

In a 17th-Century Polish Grave, Archaeologists Have Discovered the Shackled Bones of a Woman Once Believed to Be a Vampire

Citizens of a 17th-century Polish town weren’t taking any chances when they laid to rest a woman they believed to be a vampire: She was buried with a sickle blade laid across her neck, intended to ...
KESQ News

Researchers are learning more about ‘Zosia,’ the 17th century ‘vampire’ buried with a blade over her neck

(CNN) — With a sickle across her neck and a padlock on her left big toe, the corpse of a young woman found in northern Poland would have been unable to rise from her unmarked grave, according to local ...
The Washington Post

‘Vampire’ grave shows 17th-century fear of women who ‘didn’t fit in’

A sharp sickle was placed across her neck, ready to decapitate her should she jolt awake after death, and a padlock was put around her big toe. That’s what scientists found when they excavated the ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

17th-century skeleton found with sickle around neck, may be old vampire ritual

PIEN, Poland (WKRC) - Archaeologists discovered the remains of a female “vampire” in a graveyard with a sickle around her neck. Professor Dariusz Poliski led the archaeological dig with Nicholas ...
Ars Technica

Archaeologists unearth remains of 17th-century female “vampire” in Poland

Vampire folklore across cultures is filled with various tips on how to keep a recently deceased person from rising from the grave as an undead fiend who preys on the living. Now archaeologists have ...
The Forward

Intricate Model of 17th Century Polish Synagogue Goes on Display in Warsaw Museum

The reconstructed roof of a 17th-century synagogue was unveiled at Warsaw’s Museum of the History of Polish Jews. The replica of the now defunct wooden Gwozdziec Synagogue was presented Tuesday to ...
New York Post

Padlocked, restrained female ‘vampire’ discovered in 17th-century graveyard

Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered the skeletal remains of a woman that was likely believed to have been a vampire at the time she died. Miroslav Blicharski / Aleksander Beware — you’re in for a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Polish Museum Received a Mysterious Package in the Mail—With Missing 17th-Century Tiles Inside

The tiles were likely made in the Netherlands in the late 17th century. Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage / Facebook During the late 17th century, Polish nobleman and writer Stanisław ...
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Researchers are learning more about ‘Zosia,’ the 17th century ‘vampire’ buried with a blade over her neck

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