Near the village of Pień, Poland, archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) recently uncovered the remains of a 17th-century “vampire” child, buried face down with an “anti ...

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PIEN, Poland - 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 spotlight on beliefs ...

Excavated in 2004 from a 17th-century privy under Rochester Independent College, the bottle had been forgotten until Crozier’s discovery. “Someone joked it might be a witch bottle,” she says.

VENICE - Scaffolding went up in Venice on Tuesday to restore a mural by the elusive street artist Banksy that had appeared on ...

Solving a 17th-Century Crime ... Forensic anthropologists believe he or she is the child of Philip Calvert’s second wife. Chip Clark / NMNH, SI [/] ...

Ms Rhodes said the cases showed 17th Century foster mothers had greater powers to challenge authorities than biological mothers. ... The standard payment for one child was 40 shillings a year, ...