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A knife-type tool. Credit: Andrzej Wiśniewski

Neanderthal stone tools discovered in Racibórz

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.

  • Łódź, 15.03.2013. Zbigniew Libera's exhibition 'Flat reality' at the Atlas Sztuki gallery in Łódź. (gm/soa) PAP/Grzegorz Michałowski

    Plastic works of art deteriorate quickly, warn scientists

    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.

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    Archaeologists find Roman fridge for cooling wine

    Polish archaeologists have discovered an ancient fridge used by Roman soldiers to cool wine.

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    ‘We are dealing with historic town of Cherven’, says excavation archaeologist

    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.

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    Mysterious tunnel found under Saxon Palace ruins

    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.

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    University of Warsaw archaeologists return to ancient Ptolemais

    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.

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    Great migrations took place in Poland and Ukraine in Bronze Age

    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.

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    ‘Vampire’ child grave discovered in 17th-century cursed cemetery

    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.

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    Poznań scientists reveal groundbreaking research on Piast State society

    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.

  • 18.07.2023. Excavations in the first, medieval location of present-day Barczewo, in the village of Barczewko. PAP/Tomasz Waszczuk

    Archaeologists discover treasure of 14th-century coins in 'Pompeii of Warmia'

    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.

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