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This is the real face of a 400-year-old vampire woman

Allan Rose Hill
Nov 04, 2024
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Two years ago, researchers from the Nicolaus Copernicus University dug up the remains of a young woman buried 400 years ago in Pien, Poland. The burial was quite unusual as the young woman, named Zosia, had a shackle on her ankle and a sickle across her neck. Why? Because Zosia was a vampire.

Now, scientists have used DNA t…

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