Sink your teeth into this discovery. Archaeologists have found the remains of a so-called “vampire child” dating to the 1600s in a Pień, Poland, cemetery. The skeletal scraps were estimated to be from ...

Archeologists discovered the skeletal remains of what they believed to be a 17th-century "vampire child" in an unmarked Polish cemetery.Łukasz Czyżewski Researchers have unearthed the skeletal remains ...

Researchers this year discovered ancient artifacts that ranged from unusual to truly creepy. Unsettling finds included a necromancer portal to the underworld and a 17th-century "vampire child." Here ...

Archaeologists in Poland uncovered the grave of a 17th century child buried with an “anti-vampire” lock, officials said. Photo from Nicolaus Copernicus University Around 400 years ago, a young child ...

PIEN, Poland, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered the remains of a 17th-century child padlocked to his grave to stop him rising from the dead, a discovery that turns the ...

A team of scientists based in Germany have examined a 17th century child mummy, using cutting-edge science alongside historical records to shed new light on Renaissance childhood. The child was found ...

Researchers have unearthed the skeletal remains of a "vampire child" in a Polish graveyard. The child was buried face down with a triangular padlock on its foot. Anti-vampiric burial techniques such ...