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

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

Buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck, ‘Zosia’ was never supposed to come back from the dead. Entombed in an unmarked cemetery in Pien, northern Poland, the young woman was one of dozens feared by her neighbors to have been a ‘vampire.’ Now, using DNA, 3D printing and modelling clay, a team of scientists has reconstructed the 400-year-old face, revealing a human story wrapped in supernatural beliefs. Zosia, as she was named by locals, was found in 2022 by a team of archaeologists from Torun’s Nicolaus Copernicus University. Aged just 18-20 when she died, analysis of Zosia’s skull suggests she suffered from a health condition which would have caused her to faint and experience severe headaches, Nilsson says, as well as possible mental health issues. Items she was buried with point to her being from a wealthy—possibly noble—family.

REUTERS / OSCAR NILSSON - PROJECT PIEN / NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY, TORUN

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