Przemysław Urbańczyk
Polish medievalist and archaeologist
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 Polish Academy of Sciences. He is the author of more than 600 publications, which include 20 scientific books, articles on the archaeology and history of medieval Europe and texts written for daily and weekly journals.
In 2021, Urbańczyk was part of an expert group in Sweden consisting of ten archaeologists and historians who evaluated two highly controversial findings presented by archaeologist Sven Rosborn. These findings included the Curmsun Disc, an artifact claimed to originate from the alleged grave of Harald Bluetooth in the ruined church in the village of Wiejkowo, Gmina Wolin, Poland, and a transcription of a purported medieval manuscript; Gesta Wulinensis ecclesiae pontificum. Urbańczyk dismissed the authenticity of the findings.
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.
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