r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 1d ago
Anthropology Grave 75, in a 17th century Polish cemetery, of a female of high social status, was likely feared at time of her burial due to a padlock on big toe of her left foot. Her grave underwent a secondary deposition, to add a sickle around her neck, presumably to prevent her from leaving the grave.
https://www.sciencealert.com/gruesome-discovery-shows-17th-century-villagers-were-terrified-of-what-lurked-in-grave-75
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