Based on a model of her skull and information from extracted DNA, researchers have recreated the face of a woman buried in an unusual grave in Pień, a village in northern Poland, in the 1600s.
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Researchers are learning more about ‘Zosia,’ the 17th century ‘vampire’ buried with a blade over her neck
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 17th century folklore. But her identity and how she ended up in such a state are secrets researchers say they are just beginning to unlock.
