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How scientists brought a 400-year-old 'vampire' back to life

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Zocia, as she is named, was found in 2022 by a team of archaeologists from Tehran 's Nicolas Copernicus University .

Archaeologist Oscar Nelson says her burial revealed a human story wrapped in supernatural beliefs.

The 17th century Europe she lived in was ravaged by war, something Nelson says created a climate of fear in which belief in supernatural monsters was commonplace.

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