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Researchers are learning more about ‘Zosia,’ the 17th century ‘vampire’ buried with a blade over her neck

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Remains of a young woman were found in a grave in northern Poland in the 17th century .

She was buried with a sickle across her neck and a padlock on her left big toe.

Local folklore said she could have been unable to rise from her unmarked grave.

Researchers have now recreated what her face may have looked like using a 3D-printed model of skull.

Archaeologists first excavated the site in Pie near Dbrowa Chemisk in northern Poland in 2005 .

Archaeologists say the rural field was used as a cemetery for around four generations in the 17th century .

They hope to understand how the individuals buried there are connected to one another by studying DNA samples.