Archaeological Open-Air Museum

In the late 1980s, excavations were carried out near Kisrozvágy. A village and a cemetery with 73 graves were discovered, dating to the 9th – 11th century. Soon after, the “Bodrogköz Old Hungarian Culture Foundation” (Bodrogközi Régi Magyar Kultúra Közhasznú Alapítvány) came to life, initiated by Dr. Richard Hörcsik & Dr. Laszlo Revesz.

The mound Aşıklı Höyük is situated on the banks of the Melendiz River in the village of Kızılkaya (red rocks). The region, at an average 1,000 m above sea level forms part of the Central Anatolian Steppe.

The Muzeum Przyrody i Techniki Ekomuzeum “im. Jana Pazdura” (the Museum of Nature and Technology) in Starachowice has strong connections with the ground braking research on iron smelting sites of M. Radwan and K. Bielenin which beginning is dated on 1955.

1977, archaeological research on the culture of the Goths in Hrubieszów Valley started. Information about excavations in Masłomęcz quickly hit the front pages of the press. Each year numerous international delegations visited - leading scientists, many students and casual enthusiasts.

Since 1967, in the Góry Swiętokrzyskie (Holy Cross Mountains) in the in Nowa Słupia district near Kielce, the famous Dymarki Archaeological Festival takes place. This area is well known as a huge iron production site, dating back to the Iron Age and excavated by archaeologists Radwan & Bielenin.

At the Skånes Djurpark (a big animal park with domestic animals) researchers at Lund University started in 1982 with a Stone Age Village (Stenåldersbyn). People involved were Göran Burenhult, Lars Larsson and Sven Rosborn. They erected under the theme “Forntid i Nutid”) Mesolithic Summer huts from the early Stone Age built on the archaeological finds from Ageröd and Skateholm in Skåne.

The spring of 1975 a group of secondary school students found a silver treasure from 900 A.D., on a pasture nearby the bay of Bandelunda in Burs pastoral. According to the legend a powerful Viking chief "Stavar the Great" were to have lived here on this place called Stavgard. During the Viking era Stavgard had a large harbour. Excavations from the 1950's and 80's show evidence of intense trade in this well hidden harbour.

In 1991, a project group was organised to work on preparing offers in Nord-Sel in association with Kristin Lavransdatter and Sigrid Undset. At the same time, work was begun to make a film of the novel “The Bridal Wreath”. The film crew was looking for a suitable place for the outdoor scenes and they wanted to build a real farm, not just a prop farm that would be torn down after the last scene was shot.

The “Village Gaulois (MEEM)” serves humanitarian purposes. It is managed by the MEEM association and allocates each year 60% of its benefit of July and August to development aid’s actions in favour of the rural populations of the north of the Togo. In 1967, the war in Biafra, Nigeria upsets a teenager who pledges to help when adult.

In 1934, an extraordinarily well preserved Neolithic settlement was discovered at Pestenacker. The culture layer was maximum 1.2 metres thick. Mayor excavations took place as well between 1988-1993.