What is Poland like today and what is the attitude of Poles towards their own nation? What shades does contemporary Polishness have and what are contemporary patriots like? Who today is proud of their country, and who is ashamed of it? Scientists have investigated.

An ancient intercontinental transhipment port, probably ancient Muziris in today's India, from which products were shipped to Europe over 2,000 years ago by Egyptians, among others, will be the target of Polish archaeologists. The research will start in March 2024.

Monumental structures dating back 7,000 years and reaching over 100m in diameter, consisting of circular ditches and palisades, remained unknown in Poland until the 1990s. It has been 25 years since the discovery of the first structure of this type, sometimes referred to as the 'Polish Stonehenge'. To date, approx. 20 of them have been identified.

In the early 2nd century CE, soldiers from Legio X Fretensis, known for their bloody suppression of Jewish uprisings, were also stationed on the Black Sea, in the Roman fort Apsaros in Colchis, Polish researchers have found. Until now scientists did not know traces of their presence in such a remote area.

Traces of prehistoric and late medieval settlements were discovered during excavations in Mikołajki, the monument conservation services announced Monday. Archaeologists discovered a granite stele that could be a place associated with ancient beliefs.

Large amounts of flour residue from 3,000 years ago have been discovered by a Polish-Armenian team of archaeologists working in Metsamor, Armenia. The discovery was made in a large building supported on columns, which collapsed during a fire.

Researchers from the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences have proven that breeding small brachycephalic (shorter-nosed) dogs took place already in ancient Rome. Research on a 2,000 years old dog skull indicates that the dog resembled a French bulldog.

Detectorists searching the forest near Krasnystaw (Lubelskie) found an approx. 3.5 thousand years old bronze dagger. According to the conservator Paweł Wira, the scientific value of the find is enormous.

A team of archaeologists led by Dr. Artur Obłuski from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, has discovered a complex of rooms, the interiors of which were covered with figural scenes unique for Christian art.