archeology

Polish king nicknamed ‘Elbow-high’ because of his shortness may have been taller than thought, say researchers

According to archeologists examining the medieval king’s tomb at Wawel castle in Kraków, the nickname might not even refer to the king’s height, which is thought to have been 120cm. Public domain/Projekt badań nieinwazyjnych pochówku Władysława Łokietka

According to archeologists examining the medieval king’s tomb at Wawel castle in Kraków, the nickname might not even refer to the king’s height, which is thought to have been 120cm.

Sensational WWII discoveries uncovered at Westerplatte Peninsula

Included among the artefacts, archaeologists found a map template belonging to a Polish officer for marking troop movements, a bottle of Troika cologne and a slew of other discoveries relating to Guardhouse No. 5 which was destroyed during the siege.

Remains of ‘female vampire’ found with sickle across her neck and a padlocked toe

The team of researchers from the Nicholas Copernicus University in Toruń found that the body in the village of Pień had a sickle placed over its neck, which they say would have been to prevent her from returning to mortality, and a padlock on the big toe of her left foot.

Pharmaceutical bottle with herbal ‘heart’ drops from the 1930s found at bottom of river

VIDEO: Archaeologists from the Stanisław Staszic Regional Museum in Piła stumbled upon the discovery while combing through the river Gwda in western Poland.

Remains of Polish saint discovered in ‘the Hungarian Taj Mahal’

Belonging to the Polish saint Władysław I the Holy, the bones were discovered in an ossuary in Bory Castle in Székesfehérvá.

Young Indiana! Seven-year-old girl hailed following discovery of Neolithic tool

The girl, identified as Kornelia, had been visiting a plot near Kruszyn when she discovered part of a flint tool dating from thousands of years ago.

Knight’s sword from reign of Poland's first king Bolesław the Brave found buried in secret location

Described by archaeologists as a ‘sensation’ the metre-long weapon was found in Lower Silesia by three local history enthusiasts searching the area and stumbling upon the sword’s head lying about 30 centimetres underground.

Archeologists unearth Jewish girl’s shoe at site of WWII ghetto bunker

During WWII, the site of the dig in what is now Warsaw’s Muranów district was the headquarters of the Jewish Combat Organisation, which was instrumental in organising and launching the ghetto uprising.

The tooth will out! Dentists examine ‘vampire skulls’ to discover more about their lives

Having been first decapitated, the skulls in Gliwice had been placed between the victims’ legs leading some to speculate that they had belonged to people suspected of being vampires.

Warsaw archaeologist solves 100-year-old mystery surrounding identity of anonymous god

Mysterious inscriptions from the 2nd and 3rd centuries had left archaeologists baffled since their discovery a century ago. Now Dr. Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider from the University of Warsaw says she has cracked it.

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