Archaeology

Tip-off from mystery man on bike leads explorers to hidden weapons stash

The haul of weapons dating back to WWII was found in woods near the border with Germany by members of the Perkun Exploration Association after the man on the bike told them his grandfather had buried them nearby. Krzysztof Socha/ Stowarzyszenie Eksploracji Perkun

The haul of weapons dating back to WWII was found in woods near the border with Germany by members of the Perkun Exploration Association after the man on the bike told them his grandfather had buried them nearby.

Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms

The coins date from between 1657 and 1667, pointing to their minting shortly after the Deluge, a series of wars with Sweden throughout the 17th century which wreaked havoc and destruction throughout the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Bones and bullets unearthed at WWII execution site dubbed ‘Death Valley’

Dr. Dawid Kobialka, from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences said the grim discovery related to a massacre by Gestapo officers in the second half of January 1945.

Remains of children found buried under road could belong to first ever Poles

Archaeologists have dated the discovery in Bydgoszcz from the 10th to the 12th centuries. If the earlier date is correct, the remains could be those of some of the first children to ever have been called Polish since the state of Poland was established under Duke Mieszko I, whose reign began sometime before 963 and continued until his death in 992.

3,000-year-old village found on building site of Warsaw swimming pool

The remains of the prehistoric settlement, which belonged to the Lusatian culture, were found deep below the ground in what is today’s Białołęka district of the city.

Archaeologists unearth forgotten WWI war graves

The graves contain bodies of soldiers killed in battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires.

Remains of 7,000-year-old jar with ‘creepy’ horned face found in Neolithic house

According to archaeologists at the site in Biskupice, Małopolska, the unusual artefact which measures 10cm across and has clearly defined eyes and a nose with two protrusions that resemble horns could be “connected to religious practices."

600-year-old axe heads used in hand-to-hand fighting in Battle of Grunwald found in field

According to Dr. Szymon Dreja, director of the Museum of the Battle of Grunwald, the discovery of the battle axes at the site of the battle in northern Poland are an archaeological sensation, and there is little doubt that the axes come from what many historians say was the largest battle of the middle ages in Europe. 

Roadworks reveal 150 Jewish headstones

Some 150 Jewish gravestones have been unearthed during  construction work in the south-eastern Polish town of Leżajsk.

Rare medieval sword and artefacts from first Piast Dynasty found fully intact at bottom of lake

The incredible discovery was made by archaeologists scouring Lake Lednia where along with the sword they found 21 artefacts including two axes, 13th and 14th century arrowheads, crossbow bolts and a sickle.

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