Archaeologists in Poland uncovered 11th-century graves reopened by medieval Poles, revealing a blend of Christian and pagan burial practices during a period of cultural transition.
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ArchaeologistsinCentralEurope recentlyuncoveredanancientgrave–reopenednotbymodernlooters,butbymedievalPolesover1,000yearsago.
TheexcavationtookplaceattheNowyChorówcemeteryinnorthernPoland.ThefindingswerepublishedinthejournalAntiquityonJune23.
KnownasGrave7,the11th-centuryburialappearedtobelongtoaneliteindividual.Itstillcontainedhigh-qualityartifacts,includingayewwoodbucketwithironfittings.
MEDIEVALKNIGHT’STOMBDISCOVEREDBENEATHFORMERICECREAMPARLORINPOLAND:‘VERYRARE’
SławomirWadyl,anarchaeologistattheUniversityofWarsaw,toldFoxNewsDigitalthat“nearlyeverythingaboutthisprojecthasbeensurprising.”
Anironspearheadwithpreservedtextilefragmentswasalsofound–possiblyremnantsofabannerorceremonialflagknownasastandard.
“Wehadlittleprecedenttoguideourexpectations,andwhatwefoundexceededthem,”Wa
