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Medieval ‘vampire teeth’ had less decay than today’s choppers, say dental experts

Dentists from Katowice who examined the teeth of six people ‘rejected by society’ and accused of being ‘vampires’, found their gnashers were in ‘good condition’. Tomasz Wiktor

Dentists from Katowice who examined the teeth of six people ‘rejected by society’ and accused of being ‘vampires’, found their gnashers were in ‘good condition’.

Howl about that! Dog digs up Poland’s largest treasure haul of the last 100 years

Identified as Kajtuś, the hero mutt discovered the mediaeval bracteates whilst walking with his owner near Wałbrzych. Dating to the first half of the 13th century, the one-sided coins will go to a museum after first being analysed by academics.

Medieval treasure trove ‘belonging to princess’ found in cornfield following tip off from village priest

The thousands of 900-year-old riches which include coins and jewellery rumoured to have belonged to a Ruthenian princess and sister-in-law of 12-century Polish king Bolesław the Wrymouth were discovered in the small village of Słuszków, near Kalisz.

Looted 15th century art considered ‘one of the most valuable items stolen’ returned after nearly 80 years

The ‘Pietas Domini’ gothic altar painting from 1435, known as the Throne of Grace, hung in Gdańsk’s St. Mary's Basilica until May 1942, when German art conservators dismantled it and took it deep into Nazi Germany. 

Lunch break worker finds gorgeous medieval gem hidden among rocks and stones. But would you have spotted it?

Eagle-eyed Mateusz Adamczyk stumbled upon the beautifully preserved Anglo-Saxon piece of jewellery whilst walking along the banks of the River Thames in London. He could now be entitled to a finder’s fee of 100 percent of the value.

The Teutonic Knights: A Forgotten Crusade in Present-Day Poland

As medieval warrior monks go, the Knights Templar may hog all the limelight and conspiracy theorists’ love but it was the Teutonic Knights who achieved a real-world Holy Grail – their own independent state that was in due course to give rise to an empire.

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Culture | History | Life

How Warsaw was rebuilt using mountains of post-war rubble illustrated in fascinating new exhibition

The story, which is being told in the 70th year since rebuilding was officially completed, is an important one as perhaps no other city in history has had to handle, process and use as much rubble as Warsaw did in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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