One of Europe’s largest Roman-era pottery production sites discovered in Poland


Archaeologists have announced the discovery of the largest known Roman-era pottery production site in Poland, dating back 1,700 years. The area has been linked to the Przeworsk culture, which is part of an Iron Age archaeological complex stretching over central and southern Poland.

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