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  • Farmer Finds Roman Treasure Trove Scattered Across Field [Poland]

    04/08/2020 7:31:57 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 68 replies
    Science in Poland ^ | 1 April 2020 | Szymon Zdzieblowski
    A farmer has discovered one of the largest hauls of Roman coins to ever be found in Poland. Mariusz Dyl had been looking for abandoned antlers in a field near Cichobórz, south of Hrubieszów, Lublin, when he stumbled upon the 2,000-year-old coins scattered across 100 metres of the field. After calling in experts, the 1,753 coins weighing 5.5kg and which were found in 2019, were taken to the Hrubieszów Museum where they have now been analysed and their authenticity confirmed. Director of the Museum Bartlomiej Bartecki said... all the coins, had been originally placed in a wooden box or leather...
  • Belzec: The Forgotten Camp

    12/09/2013 4:05:44 PM PST · by Former Fetus · 62 replies
    Virtual Jerusalem ^ | 12/9/2013 | Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt
    I wanted to go to Belzec (pronounced Biwzhets) because no one really does. One million Jews died there in the span of nine months - and hardly anyone knows about it. I felt it was a pilgrimage to a holy site: the second largest (after Treblinka) Jewish graveyard in history. Mike Tregenza was my guide. He is a non-Jewish, English historian who lectures at Lublin university. According to Sir Martin Gilbert, he is the world expert on Belzec. Belzec is a sleepy little hamlet in southeast Poland. A few thousand people live there. All seem to be related in some...