Vampire tales are normally associated with Transylvania. This mysterious Romanian locale was the mythical home of Count Dracula and the actual home of the merciless 15th century prince Vlad Dracul or Vlad the Impaler , whose evil deeds inspired the Dracula legend. But as a fascinating new discovery demonstrates, medieval vampires, whether real or imagined, were not confined to Romanian borders, as the discovery and excavation of vampire graves proves.
Vampires were feared and loathed throughout Central and Eastern Europe during those times, and among the true believers were the residents of a small village in southeastern Poland known as Pień. This surprising fact has been revealed by archaeologists from Nicholas Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, who during recent excavations near Pień unearthed the skeletal remains of a 17th century woman who was apparently judged and found guilty of being a vampire.
