The Polish detector group Świętokrzyska Grupa Eksploracyjna has discovered several hoards of silver and gold coins associated with the infamous "adventurer", false prophet and robber Antoni Jaczewski, who made his fortune on the superstition of people seeking a cure during a plague epidemic..
An ancient Greco-Illyrian helmet was discovered during the excavation of an archaeological burial site on the Croatian Pelješac peninsula about 40 km from Dubrovnik. It was probably left at the site as a memento of a deceased soldier. This is the second helmet - the first and younger one was discovered just ten metres away.
Last August, a unique copper axe from the 4th to 3rd millennium BC was discovered near Matcze, Poland, near the border with Ukraine, with the help of a metal detector. It is the oldest ever discovered in Poland and quite possibly the oldest copper artefact ever discovered on Polish territory...
The international team led by Roman Garba from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the CAS and the Institute of Archaeologyof the CAS discovered the oldest known human settlement in Europe near Korolev in western Ukraine. Until now, the oldest finds were thought to be in Atapuerca, Spain, which is 200 to 300 thousand years younger. Moreover, it is the northernmost occurrence of upright humans in the world. The study also confirms for the first time that humans came to Europe from the east or southeast.
A fortnight ago, the Provincial Office for the Protection of Monuments in Gorzów Wielkopolski received notification of the discovery of a Bronze Age treasure. The collection contained axes, bracelets, sickles and other bronze objects discovered by detectorists from the Drossen Lubuskie association with a search permit from the Lubuskie Heritage Office...
Last November, detectorist Piotr Gorlach discovered a beautifully preserved copper dagger from the 3rd millennium BC in a forest near Jaroslaw in southeastern Poland. It is the oldest dagger ever discovered in the Carpathian Voivodeship. According to archaeologists, copper objects were extremely rare in the area...
A tractor driver discovered two Roman tombs with rich equipment in a field near Nova Varbovka, Bulgaria, while ploughing. Among other things, a rare bronze medallion of Emperor Caracalla. It is a double burial of an adult male and female, the second grave belonged to a small child. The grave furnishings date the burials to the first half of the third century.
An extremely rare find was discovered at the Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków in the form of an early medieval gold ring from the 11th century with two opposing faces. Few gold rings from this period have been found in Poland so far, the "Wawel ring" is the first ever with an anthropomorphic depiction of...
A set of iron weapons from the Roman period was found in a forest near Hrubieszów, Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. At the beginning of January they were accidentally discovered by a forester Mateusz Filipowicz and his friends. They first noticed one heavily rusted object with a crust lying in the mud disturbed by heavy forestry equipment. When Mateusz pulled it out, more appeared underneath...
A 3,500-year-old treasure trove of five rare Bronze Age axes has been discovered in the Starogard forest area of Kociewie, Poland. The collection is the first of its kind in Poland, surpassing previous individual finds in its extent and preservation.