120 years since first Nobel Prize for Maria Skłodowska-Curie
One hundred and twenty years ago, Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her husband Piotr Curie received the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the phenomenon of radioactivity and research on it. The other half of the prize went to Henri Becquerel, who was the first to observe the penetrating radiation of uranium ore. Skłodowska was the first woman to be honoured in this way.
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Archaeologists in Mongolia discover remains of prehistoric hearths, pottery and ostrich eggs
Archaeologists working in Mongolia have discovered traces of human activity from the early Holocene, including well-preserved hearths, pottery and ostrich egg products. The data they have obtained may play an important role in research on the spread of Homo sapiens in this area.
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Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old dice in southern Poland
A 2,000-year-old dice (the oldest one found so far in Poland) is among this year's discoveries in the Celtic settlement in Samborowice (Silesia).
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Archaeologists return to Zwoleń to examine Neanderthal remains
Archaeologists working in Zwoleń (Masovian Voivodeship) have found animal bones and flint tools from Neanderthal times. They completed the first stage of work at the site, to which scientists returned 30 years after the previous research project.
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Neanderthal stone tools discovered in Racibórz
Archaeologists working in Racibórz have discovered stone products from at least 130,000 years ago. These are the oldest traces of human presence in the foreground of the Moravian Gate and a proof that Neanderthals visited this region several times, leaving stone products at the bottom of the then river valley.
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Plastic works of art deteriorate quickly, warn scientists
Plastics take many years to completely disappear from the environment, but they are among the most rapidly deteriorating materials in cultural heritage objects, says scientists dealing with the degradation and protection of works of art.
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Archaeologists find Roman fridge for cooling wine
Polish archaeologists have discovered an ancient fridge used by Roman soldiers to cool wine.
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‘We are dealing with historic town of Cherven’, says excavation archaeologist
Recent excavations confirm that between the 10th and 13th centuries, a settlement complex developed intensively in Czermno, which was the main centre of the so-called Cherven Cities, says research leader Dr. Tomasz Dzieńkowski from the Institute of Archaeology of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin.
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Mysterious tunnel found under Saxon Palace ruins
A tunnel discovered under the ruins of the Saxon Palace in Warsaw is the most mysterious place on Piłsudski Square, says the Pałac Saski company spokesman Sławomir Kuliński.
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University of Warsaw archaeologists return to ancient Ptolemais
After 13 years of absence due to the civil war in Libya, archaeologists from the University of Warsaw return to study Ptolemais, a large ancient city on the Mediterranean coast. One of their tasks will be to recreate the original coastline of the local port.
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