This abandoned 17th-century chapel - known as the Oval Church - had been high on our list for a long time, and we finally made the trip. It may not be massive, but its atmosphere and unique ...

During the course of the 17th century, Poland and Sweden fought a series of wars, so Zosia could have been an outsider within her community. Europe in the 17th century was also in the grip of what ...

Child vampire' body is found in Poland: 17th century locals feared body of youngster could come back to life, archaeologists say The sickle around the neck is rare, although not unheard of ...

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"In case she would arise." This type of practice became common throughout Poland in the 17th century, as a response to a reported vampire epidemic. Professor Dariusz Polinski, who led the research ...

Carbon dating reveals this woma was buried in the 17th century, at a time when the people of Poland were fighting for their very survival. [Jones] There was the Thirty Years' War, which occupies a ...

With a sickle across her neck and a padlock on her left big toe, the corpse of a young woman found in northern Poland would have been unable to rise from her unmarked grave, accor ...