Wealthy woman from 17th-century Poland buried as a vampire
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Wealthy woman from 17th-century Poland buried as a vampire
Researchers in Poland have analyzed the remains of a young woman from a 17th-century "vampire" burial, uncovering a contradiction between her high social status and the ritualistic measures taken to prevent her from rising from the dead. The remains, discovered in 2022 in the town of Peń within the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, belong to a girl aged 17–19. The burial is classified as deviant due to the presence of traditional anti-vampire det…
400-Year-Old ‘Vampire’ Grave in Poland Reveals a Grisly Burial Ritual
A 400-year-old grave in Poland has given archaeologists an unusually detailed glimpse into the fears and superstitions that surrounded death in 17th-century Europe. When researchers excavated the grave in 2022, they found the remains of a young woman buried with an iron sickle positioned across her neck and a triangular iron padlock attached to the big toe of her left foot. The arrangement suggested that the people who buried her were taking del…
Mysterious tomb finds: A young woman from the 17th century was buried in Pień with a sickle at the neck and a castle at the toe. Such measures were supposed to prevent feared dead people from returning as revenants. New analyses indicate high status, non-local descent and a later re-securing of the tomb. Toruń (Poland). In 2022 archaeologists in Pień in northern Poland encountered a burial, which even under unusual graves stood out. Above the ne…
A young woman buried in Poland about 400 years ago was apparently considered an undead, as a sickle over her throat and a castle at the foot suggest.
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