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Archaeologists find 6,000-year-old farming artefacts and cemetery at site of planned expressway in Poland
Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered significant Neolithic and Bronze Age artefacts, including traces of a farming settlement dating back to 4000 BCE and a cemetery from 2000 BCE.
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Bronze Age bracelet found in Polish forest
A large bronze bracelet believed to date back to the 8th–9th century BCE has been found in forests in Kociewie, northern Poland.
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Paleolithic Neanderthal workshop found in Poland
A site in the Zwoleńka Valley in Mazovia is revealing new insights into Neanderthal life in central Poland. Archaeologists have found a 70,000-year-old Neanderthal workshop used to maintain and repair tools used for skinning large animals such as mammoths, horses, and rhinos.
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Naming geographical location shapes blame for historical atrocities, study finds
The way violent historical events are geographically described can significantly influence public perceptions of responsibility, according to new research.
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Polish researchers resume archaeological work in Ethiopia’s historic Tigray region
After a years-long hiatus, scientists from the University of Warsaw have resumed archaeological and ethnographic research in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, an area considered the cradle of the Ethiopian state.
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Megalithic tombs dating back 5,500 years identified in Greater Poland
A cluster of megalithic tombs dating back 5,500 years has been discovered in the General Dezydery Chłapowski Landscape Park in Greater Poland, marking the latest find of so-called "Polish pyramids" associated with the Funnelbeaker culture.
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Scientists: Women had dominant role in community inhabiting Neolithic settlement Çatalhöyük
Women held a dominant social role in the Neolithic community of Çatalhöyük, according to new research published in Science.
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Sudan/Salt lake and hundreds of new sites. Polish researchers reveal history of Bayuda desert
Polish researchers working in the Bayuda desert in Sudan discovered a salty palaeolake, from which the rare mineral natron was extracted. Natron was used, among other things, for mummifying bodies, producing glass and ceramics. As a result of many years of work, the researchers identified over 1.2 thousand new archaeological sites, including over 400 in the Polish National Science Centre project.
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Polish archaeologists in Peru discover cemetery of victims of brutal invasion from centuries ago
Archaeologists from the University of Wrocław working in southern Peru discovered a cemetery with the remains of 24 people, mainly women and children. The wounds the deceased suffered indicate that they died as a result of an invasion that took place almost ten centuries ago.
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