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Everything they could” was done by those in the know to ensure that “Zosia” would not rise from the grave. The scientific community has now exhausted all possible avenues in its quest to revive her.
Scientists have recreated the features of a ‘vampire’ who was entombed in a special way to prevent her from rising from the grave.
The scientists’ reconstruction of the 400-year-old woman’s face was made possible by a combination of DNA, 3D printing, and modeling clay.
Locals gave her the name Zosia, and a group of archaeologists from Poland’s Nicolaus Copernicus University discovered her in 2022.
An iron sickle was placed across her neck and padlocked at the foot to keep her in place while she was laid to rest at an unmarked cemetery in Pien, northern Poland.
Experts say that people at the time thought the sickle and padlock, along with some of the woods discovered at the burial, had magical powers that protected them from vampires.
According to the analysis of Zoë’s remains, she was between the ages of 18 and 20 when she passed away. She had a medical ailment that led her to have serious migraines, fainting spells, and maybe even mental health concerns.
