Archaeologists working in Racibórz have discovered stone products from at least 130,000 years ago. These are the oldest traces of human presence in the foreground of the Moravian Gate and a proof that Neanderthals visited this region several times, leaving stone products at the bottom of the then river valley.
Plastics take many years to completely disappear from the environment, but they are among the most rapidly deteriorating materials in cultural heritage objects, says scientists dealing with the degradation and protection of works of art.
Polish archaeologists have discovered an ancient fridge used by Roman soldiers to cool wine.
Recent excavations confirm that between the 10th and 13th centuries, a settlement complex developed intensively in Czermno, which was the main centre of the so-called Cherven Cities, says research leader Dr. Tomasz Dzieńkowski from the Institute of Archaeology of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin.
A tunnel discovered under the ruins of the Saxon Palace in Warsaw is the most mysterious place on Piłsudski Square, says the Pałac Saski company spokesman Sławomir Kuliński.
After 13 years of absence due to the civil war in Libya, archaeologists from the University of Warsaw return to study Ptolemais, a large ancient city on the Mediterranean coast. One of their tasks will be to recreate the original coastline of the local port.
In the Middle Bronze Age, numerous waves of migration flowed into the territory of today's Poland and Ukraine. Their traces are now read thanks to new genetic research.
Scientists working in Pień (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship) discovered the remains of a child buried face down, with an 'anti-vampire' triangular padlock under its foot.
In the 5th century, the fundamental demographic processes shaping the genetic structure of the 10th-12th century population living in the area of contemporary Poland had ended. No additional migration after the 5th century in Central Europe (CE) was necessary for the formation of the genetic structure of the inhabitants of the Piast State, shows the research of scientists led by Professor Marek Figlerowicz.
Archaeologists from the University of Gdańsk conducting excavations in Barczewko near Olsztyn discovered a deposit of about 150 14th-century bracteates, as well as a medieval sword pommel and other military items.