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Grave containing 450 'VAMPIRES' is discovered during roadworks in Poland: Burial site is filled with decapitated skeletons with skulls placed between their legs

The practice which was common in the region during the 19th century was believed to remove the ‘vampire curse’.

Archaeologist Maciej Stromski said: ‘We discovered examples of belief in the dead returning from the grave, which could only be stopped by decapitation.

‘It was believed that if a member of the deceased's family died shortly after the funeral, then he or she could be a vampire.

‘Therefore, after burial, the grave was dug up and the deceased's head was cut off, which was then placed in the legs.

‘We also discovered an example of a woman after decapitation.

‘The skull of a child was laid on her bosom.’

In September last year, the remains of a 'female vampire' pinned to the ground by a sickle across her throat and a padlocked toe to 'prevent her returning from the dead' were also found in Poland.

Records of myths about the undead date back as far as the 11th century in Central Europe.

People feared that some who were buried would claw their way back up to the surface as blood-sucking monsters, and terrorise the living.

It is not uncommon the region to find burial sites where a metal rod - or a stake - have been hammered through the skull of the deceased.

People at the time believed this was one way to ensuring the person stayed dead.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...oland.html

In an ideal world some distant future archeologists will discover something like this beneath the right side when facing the remains of speaker’s podium, while excavating what is believed to have been house chamber.