{
  "id": 3791963,
  "title": "Why Was This 17th-Century Polish Woman Buried With a Padlock on Her Toe and an Iron Sickle Across Her Neck?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/why-was-this-17th-century-polish-woman-buried-with-a-padlock-on-her",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-27T17:51:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-was-this-17th-century-polish-woman-buried-with-a-padlock-on-her-toe-and-an-iron-sickle-across-her-neck-180989408/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}