Przemysław Urbańczyk (born 21 October 1951) is a Polish archaeologist who is Professor of Archaeology at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw and the Institute of Archeology and Ethnology at the

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. He is the author of more than 600 publications, which include 20 scientific books, articles on the archaeology and history of medieval

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and texts written for daily and weekly journals. In 2021, Urbańczyk was part of an expert group in

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consisting of ten archaeologists and historians who evaluated two highly controversial findings presented by archaeologist

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. These findings included the

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, an artifact claimed to originate from the alleged grave of

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in the ruined church in the village of Wiejkowo,

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, and a transcription of a purported

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; ''Gesta Wulinensis ecclesiae pontificum''. Urbańczyk dismissed the authenticity of the findings.
Ottosson, Peter, the reportage series ”Striden om vikingaguldet” (”The Battle over the Viking Gold”), Trelleborgs Allehanda, 2021-2022. Accessed 2025-01-21

Selected works

*''The Soloey farm maound'', 1985 *''Medieval arctic Norway'', 1992 *''Władza i polityka we wczesnym średniowieczu'', 2000 *''Rok 1000. Milenijna podróż transkontynentalna'', 2001 *''Zdobywcy Północnego Atlantyku'', 2004 *''Herrschaft und Politik im Frühen Mittelalter'', 2007 *''Trudne początki Polski'', 2008 *''Mieszko Pierwszy Tajemniczy'', 2012 *''Myśli o średniowieczu'', 2013 *''Central Europe in the High Middle Ages'', 2013 *''Bliskie spotkania wikingów,'' 2014 *''Zanim Polska została Polską'', 2015 *''Co się stało w 966 roku?'', 2016 *'' Bolesław Chrobry - lew ryczący'', 2017 *Co się stało w 1018 roku?, Poznań, 2018 *''Trudna historia zwłok'', vol. 1, Toruń 2020 *''Niezwykli goście Bolesława Chrobrego,'' ''vol. 1 "Św. Wojciech i jego bracia"'', Toruń 2021; *''Niezwykli goście Bolesława Chrobrego'', vol. 2 "''Otto III - król i cesarz''", Toruń 2022; *''Niezwykli goście Bolesława Chrobrego'', vol. 3 "''Św. Bruno i jego 'bracia'''", Toruń 2023 *''Korzenie Polski'', Warszawa 2024 *''Co się stało w 1025 roku?'', Poznań 2025

References

Przemysław Urbańczyk: Bibliografia
w Litdok Europa Środkowo-Wschodnia * http://www.urbanczyk.info.pl * https://nauka-polska.pl/#/profile/scientist 1951 births Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań alumni Academic staff of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw Living people Academic staff of the Polish Academy of Sciences 20th-century Polish archaeologists University of Warsaw alumni 21st-century Polish archaeologists {{Poland-archaeologist-stub