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    Archaeologists uncover ‘vampires’ in Polish graveyard

    FILE PHOTO:Professor Dariusz Polinski, the lead archaeologist from Nicolaus Copernicus University, poses with the remains of a woman found at the 17th century cemetery for rejected people in the village of Pien, in Torun, Poland, October 27, 2023. The woman's body was found with a padlock on her leg and a sickle around the neck which suggest the person was believed to be a 'vampire' and was secured to the ground to avoid 'her rising from the grave'. REUTERS/Lukasz Glowala/File Photo
    Archaeologists uncover ‘vampires’ in Polish graveyard
    Archaeologists uncover ‘vampires’ in Polish graveyard

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