Both sides of a gold coin. The obverse sides depicts the bust of a bearded figure (Christ) with a halo around his head and raising his right hand. The reverse side depicts a person wearing a crown and holding a cross (Emperor John I Tzimiskes) next to a woman (the virgin Mary) with a halo, placing her hand on his head.

Byzantine coin (tetarteron nomisma) of Emperor John I Tzimiskes, found at the late 10th century AD settlement of Ciepłe, Poland #MedievalMonday
They are rare in northern Europe, indicating Ciepłe was a significant early medieval centre with elite connections to Byzantium.

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Illustration of a river flowing through a green, forested landscape. On the bank is a settlement made up of several clusters of thatched houses, three strongholds with wooden palisades and towers, and two cemeteries surrounded by fences.

NEW Artist's reconstruction of the early #medieval centre of Ciepłe, Poland. New research at the site indicates it was established by the first Piast rulers, possibly playing an important role in the formation of the Polish state.

📷 Weronika Bałdyga

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🏺 #Archaeology

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Ciepłe revisited: an exceptional early-medieval settlement complex at the Piast frontier | Antiquity | Cambridge Core Ciepłe revisited: an exceptional early-medieval settlement complex at the Piast frontier

Ciepłe revisited: an exceptional early-medieval settlement complex at the Piast frontier | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Upper left: reconstructed yew bucket with an iron handle and three iron bands around its body. Upper right: corroded iron spearhead with preserved textile remnants stuck to it. Bottom: rectilinear grave marked out by stones, annotated to show the two locations where these artefacts were found.

Iron artefacts from a grave at the #medieval cemetery at Nowy Chorów 🇵🇱 #IronworkThursday
Originally a Christian inhumation burial, the grave was later reopened and the individual cremated, suggesting the combination of Christian and 'pagan' practices.

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Multicoloured lidar plan of a field containing several round features (burial mounds). Coloured squares indicate the mounds that have been excavated, some in 2022, some in 2023.

#Lidar plan of burial mounds at the early #medieval cemetery of Nowy Chorów 🇵🇱 #TombTuesday 🏺 #Archaeology

Each grave is unique, highlighting the diversity of Pomerania, a crossroads connecting the German Kingdom, Scandinavia, the Baltic territories and Rus.

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Z dna Jeziora Lednica wyłoniła się twarz sprzed tysiąca lat ❗

Odkryta wśród zniszczonych konstrukcji wału grodziska na Ostrowie Lednickim belka z ludzkim obliczem to zabytek prawdziwie wyjątkowy – nie tylko w skali Polski 🤩

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A pointed piece of metal covered in corrosion, with remnants of textiles attached to its surface. An X-ray image show how, under the rust, it is a spearhead.

Remains of an iron spearhead with textile remnants on it, from the medieval cemetery of Nowy Chorów 🇵🇱 #TextileTuesday

The textile fragments are likely the remains of a banner, possibly the standard of an 11th century elite 🏺 #Archaeology

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Aerial view of a rectilinear structure under excavation, containing several inner stone walls separating sections and some inhumation burials.

NEW Excavation of a burial mound at the early #medieval cemetery of Nowy Chorów, northern Poland.
It contains evidence for both Christian and pagan burial practices, indicating there was not a simple divide between the two at this European cultural crossroads.

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The Battle of Gniew Unearthed: Archaeology and the Polish-Swedish War (1626–29)

An article in the International Journal of #Historical #Archaeology: reveal traces of the Battle of #Gniew (1626) in Ciepłe: #musketballs, and #humanremains reshape our understanding of the site during the Polish-Swedish War.

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Some of the best researchers I know are behind this project. Great people. And Latvia is just beautiful.

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Nowy Chorów Project: funerary practices associated with rectangular burial mounds in early medieval Pomerania | Antiquity | Cambridge Core Nowy Chorów Project: funerary practices associated with rectangular burial mounds in early medieval Pomerania

Nowy Chorów Project: funerary practices associated with rectangular burial mounds in early medieval Pomerania | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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