The remains of a female 'vampire' have been unearthed by archaeologists at a cemetery in Poland with a sickle around her neck. The farming tool was supposed to prevent a deceased person thought to be a vampire from returning from the dead.
By Anna NoryskiewiczA female"vampire" skeleton was unearthed in Poland, researchers announced this week.The remains of a female"vampire" have been unearthed by archaeologists at a cemetery in Poland, researchers announced this week.
The research team, led by Professor Dariusz Polinski of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, made the unique discovery in late August. Zagrodzka said that the sickle and padlock"may have protected against the return of the deceased, which was probably feared. In this context, these practices can be considered so-called anti-vampiric." The farming tool was placed with the blade on the neck. It was believed that such an arrangement would cause the head to be cut if the deceased tried to"get up."
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