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magicarpet

(19,435 posts)
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:38 AM 1 hr ago

What looked like an ice cream shop in Gdańsk, Poland, was hiding a medieval cemetery with nearly 300 graves, and the,...

..... the shock find includes a full skeleton beneath a 59-inch knight slab carved in the late 1200s or early 1300s

For years, people in Gdańsk walked into the Miś ice cream parlor for scoops and summer lines, with no reason to think a medieval cemetery sat under their feet. Then a redevelopment project opened the ground, and archaeologists found a carved limestone tombstone showing a knight with a sword, shield, helmet, and chain mail.

The discovery is more than a strange twist in an old shopping spot. Beneath the former parlor, researchers uncovered a well-preserved male skeleton and evidence that this corner of the city once joined faith, burial, trade, and political power during Gdańsk’s earliest centuries.

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https://www.ecoticias.com/en/what-looked-like-an-ice-cream-shop-in-gdansk-poland-was-hiding-a-medieval-cemetery-with-nearly-300-graves-and-the-shock-find-includes-a-full-skeleton-beneath-a-59-inch-knight-slab-carved-in-the-lat/32553/

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What looked like an ice cream shop in Gdańsk, Poland, was hiding a medieval cemetery with nearly 300 graves, and the,... (Original Post) magicarpet 1 hr ago OP
Wow. Quite a find. efhmc 1 hr ago #1
DURec leftstreet 54 min ago #2
Considering how throughly Gdansk was bombed during WW2, it is amazing it was not found sooner. irisblue 6 min ago #3

irisblue

(37,958 posts)
3. Considering how throughly Gdansk was bombed during WW2, it is amazing it was not found sooner.
Mon May 25, 2026, 11:21 AM
6 min ago

Source-https://transparentcities.in.ua/en/news/yak-zminyvsia-hdansk-pislia-povoiennoi-vidbudovy

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Almost 90% of the city was destroyed, and more than 80% of buildings in the historic center were significantly damaged. Fires that covered Gdańsk simply did not have time to be put out. Locals left their homes because it was impossible to live in such conditions. Gdańsk has lost both historical and background development."

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