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Archaeologists uncovered a 17th‑century Polish burial in which a young woman of high status was interred in a remote cemetery, separate from the village. Her skeleton was found with a sickle placed over her throat, and a padlock was clamped around her big toe, a measure intended to prevent her return from the dead. The unusual burial practices suggest the villagers were terrified of the deceased and employed protective rituals. The find was reported in a 2026 study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science Reports.

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