A tomb with 450 “vampires”: the extraordinary discovery of some workers in Poland

2023-06-11 19:17:00

A group of workers discovered a mass grave with the remains of 450 people while carrying out road works in the town of Luzino, located in Poland. The bodies showed signs of having been subjected to rituals to eliminate “vampirism” what the individual might experience.

The corpses had been decapitated to later position the head between the legs of the deceased. Added to this, a coin was placed inside their mouths to seal the person’s soul in the body and to give them money that they would use to travel to the followinglife. These practices, which were common during the 19th century, They were used to remove the “vampire curse”.

The church near the find was built at the beginning of the 18th century.

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In dialogue with the local media Nadmorski21.pl, the archaeologist in charge of the excavation, Maciej Stromski, confirmed the finding: “We discovered examples of beliefs in the dead returning from the grave, which might only be stopped by beheading.” Likewise, the “example of a woman following a beheading” was found, in which the skull of a child was placed on her chest, and there were loose bones in three ossuaries.

The 450 remains bore signs of “anti-vampire” rituals. (Source: New York Post/Maciej Stromski)

Added to this, the archaeologist explained that regarding 30% of the remains had bricks on the side of his head, arms and legsas well as that one of the coins dated from 1846. “It was believed that if a member of the family of the deceased died shortly following the funeral, he or she might be a vampire. Therefore, following the burial, the grave was dug and the head of the deceased was cut off, which was then placed on his legs,” Stromski explained regarding the ritual.

According to the British media First Newsthe church located near the discovery It was built at the beginning of the 18th century and it was enlarged following 1945. At some point, its old graves were liquidated and large quantities of bones were deposited in ossuaries.

One of the coins found dates from 1846. (Source: New York Post/Maciej Stromski)

The deceased were decapitated and their heads placed between their legs. (Source: New York Post/Maciej Stromski)

Previous discovery and the “anti-vampire” ritual

The discovery in Luzino is not the first finding of “vampire” graves in Poland. In this sense, in September 2022 they found the body of a “vampire woman” in the town of Pien.

During archaeological work in a 17th century cemetery, the group discovered the remains of a woman who she had been pinned to the ground with a sickle to her throat. Added to this, he had a closed lock on the ball of his left foot. Both interventions were carried out to “prevent him from coming back from the dead.”

The ritual performed on the remains found was common during the 19th century. (Source: New York Post/Maciej Stromski)

According to ancient civilizations, rituals were used to prevent the deceased from “coming back from the dead.” (Source: New York Post/Maciej Stromski)

Said rituals once morest the undead date back to the 11th century in Central Europe. Back then, people feared that some of the bodies that were buried would make their way back to the surface as vampires and terrorize the living.

Given this concern, individuals resorted to various rituals to remove the “vampire curse”. For that reason, it is not uncommon to find burial sites in the region where bodies have a metal bar or stake hammered into their skulls.

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