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A 400-Year-Old Graveyard Was Designed to Keep the Dead from Coming Back to Life

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A necropolis near Pien, Poland, holds over 100 burials, and at least 30 of them bear the unmistakable marks of a community terrified its dead would walk again.

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Poland: The 400-Year-Old Cemetery Created to Prevent the Dead From Coming Back to Life

Archaeologists in Poland are studying a 17th-century cemetery where dozens of dead were buried with padlocks and sickles to prevent them from coming back to life.

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A 400-Year-Old Graveyard Was Designed to Keep the Dead from Coming Back to Life

A necropolis near Pien, Poland, holds over 100 burials, and at least 30 of them bear the unmistakable marks of a community terrified its dead would walk again.

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Popular Mechanics broke the news on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
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