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Hundreds of Casimir the Great arrow heads and crossbow bolts found in forest

Hundreds of arrowheads and crossbow bolts thought to have come from Casimir the Great’s 1340 attack on the lands of Galicia which as a result became part of Poland have been discovered in a forest in Sanok.

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