Grave Of A 'Female Vampire' With Sickle Across Neck Found In Poland: Report
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The dead woman was buried with a silk cap on her head, which was luxury commodity in the 17th century.
The skeletal remains of a "female vampire" from a 17th century Polish graveyard have been found by archaeologists, according to a report in New York Post. The skeletal remains were discovered by the team headed by Nicholas Copernicus University Professor Dariusz Poliński. The archaeologists, while digging, uncovered the skeleton of a female, who had been pinned to the ground with a sickle across her neck.
According to the Post, the popular farming tool was commonly used by superstitious Poles in the 1600s to try and restrain a dead person thought to be a vampire so that they would be unable to return from the dead.
It was reported that the sickle was placed in such a way that if the dead had tried to get up, the head would have been cut off or injured. It was also found that the dead woman had a padlock around her toe, which symbolised "the closing of a stage and the impossibility of returning".
The dead woman was buried with a silk cap on her head, which was luxury commodity in the 17th century.
