Archaeologists recently uncovered “sensational” artifacts beneath a historic monastery in Poland — offering a glimpse into ...

In northwestern Poland, apotropaic funerary rites--a traditional ... "People of the post-medieval period did not understand how disease was spread, and rather than a scientific explanation for ...

Read the entire study at PLoS One: “Apotropaic Practices and the Undead: A Biogeochemical Assessment of Deviant Burials in Post-Medieval Poland“. anthropology Archaeology History Science ...

The locks and sickle are part of an apotropaic burial, which means it was designed to supposedly ward off evil. Truth be told, medieval Poland had a bit of an obsession with the undead.

Poland, where apotropaic rites were common in the medieval and post-medieval periods, has folklore rich with the vjesci and ...

Belief in vampires was a global phenomenon. Cultures all over the world once believed that certain humans wander the Earth after their death, engaging in acts of decidedly anti-social behavior. Though ...

but the Wieliczka salt mine is not science fiction but one of Poland’s 13 UNESCO Cultural World Heritage sites, many of which date back to the medieval period. Warsaw’s Old Town (meticulously ...

A metal detectorist in Poland stumbled on a rare medieval artifact used to hold keys or purses, archaeologists said and photos show. Photo from the Museum of the History of the Kamień Land A ...

The witches’ marks, also known as apotropaic marks, are ritual protection symbols carved into many historic places, such as medieval churches, houses, barns and even the Tower of London ...

0113564 Citation: Gregoricka LA, Betsinger TK, Scott AB, Polcyn M (2014) Apotropaic Practices and the Undead: A Biogeochemical Assessment of Deviant Burials in Post-Medieval Poland. PLoS ONE 9(11 ...