Buried in “anti-vampiric” grave to keep her from rising from the dead | Science News

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It's Spooky Friday! :ghost: This week, we're digging into a 400-year-old grave in Poland, where a teenage girl was buried with objects believed to keep her from rising from the dead. Archaeologists call burials like this “anti-vampiric.” #halloween #october#vampire 🎙️Maria Temming 📸 Łukasz Czyżewski, D. Poliński et al./Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 2026 (CC BY 4.0)/Getty Images/Craig Barritt / Stringer/NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV Read the full article: www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-anti-vampire-grave-undead Read more science news at www.sciencenews.org Sign up for our newsletter — a weekly roundup of the latest scientific breakthroughs, delivered every Thursday. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for evidence-based science reporting and explainers.

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