US EditionGas Pipeline Excavations Turn Up 10th-Century Cemetery in Northern Poland
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The discovery of several tombs in the year 1000 A.D. in Borkowo provides new keys to understanding the passage from paganism to Christianity in Poland In an archaeological discovery that could change our understanding of Poland's early Christianization, researchers have brought to light the first known Christian graves in the vicinity of the village of Borkowo. The tombs go back to about 1000 A.D., a key moment when the Polish population was mov…
Can an ancient cemetery tell the history of the faith of a people? Is it what archaeologists have suggested that they found in the village of Borkowo, north of Poland, the remains of a cemetery with human skeletons dating from about 1,000 years ago. According to researchers, evidence in the tomb indicates a period of religious transition, of paganism to Christianity. Osse weakness is not new: analysis of skeletons reveals the ancient origin of f…
Gas Pipeline Excavations Turn Up 10th-Century Cemetery in Northern Poland
Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered a 10th-century cemetery containing the remains of 24 people during gas pipeline construction near the village of Borkowo, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The discovery, first reported by Science in Poland, was made by researchers from the Alagierscy Archaeological Workshop while excavating the Latkowo–Wrzosy pipeline section. A preliminary analysis of grave goods—including temple rings, knives, a…
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