Necklace of 42 perforated animal teeth from the ~5,000-year-old burial near Żórawina, Poland

Stone Age burial with 42-tooth necklace found near Żórawina, Poland

Archaeologists digging a Roman-period cemetery near Żórawina in southwestern Poland have uncovered a much older burial: an adult man laid in a roughly 5,000-year-old mound with a necklace of 42 perforated teeth, a serpentinite battle axe, amber and bone beads, and a flint blade. The find was reported in early September 2026, including coverage by

The burial crowns found, which form part of the royal treasures uncovered in Vilnius cathedral. Source: PAP/Valdemar Doveiko.

Cache of Royal Treasures Rediscovered in Vilnius Crypt

The Old Cathedral of Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, has given up one of her enduring secrets. The burial regalia of monarchs of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth has been rediscovered, hidden behind a wall in a crypt. The treasure, which includes crowns, chains, medallions and rings, was originally hidden during the Second World War to prevent the

The map in all its glory, but you’re really going to want to get the original and zoom in to appreciate it. Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2024.2434015.

Here Be Demons: New Map of Folklore Reveals the Dark Heart of Europe

Wake up honey, new map of demonic Europe just dropped. If you want to sort your incubi (male sex demon) from your spiritus domestici (vaguely helpful poltergeist), your gnomes from your mermaids, now you can find out all you need to know from one map (and it’s free, too). The map, painstakingly compiled by researchers