The Economic Times

Why was this 17th-century Polish woman buried with a padlock on her toe and an iron sickle across her neck? 300 years later, archaeologists found the answer

More than 300 years after her death, archaeologists uncovered the unusual grave of a young 17th-century Polish woman buried with a padlock on her toe and an iron sickle across her neck. New research suggests that the people who buried the young woman took precautionary measures to stop her from coming back to life and exacting revenge on them.