Sleza as a unique archaeological museum

Sleza has become, as it were, a natural archaeological museum, and one that is unique in Europe. Only that… it has brought us very little closer to the truth about the nature of these buildings and sculptures. Yes, historians have written and are writing a lot on the subject, but their theses are often mutually exclusive.

Lack of source basis and hypothesis for Sleza

The possibility of different solutions, and thus the accumulation of many hypotheses and polemics around Sleza, is due to the lack of a source base. Therefore, Sleza did not live to see a comprehensive study until 1938, and even then it was rather popular.

Archaeological research during the Nazi period and the discovery of the Jordanian ram

Besides, this research was not always honest. During the Nazi period, German archaeologists – even leading ones – tried to demonstrate, using the example of Sleza, the merits of the Germanic factor in the economic and cultural development of Silesia before it came into the possession of Slavic tribes, writes Waclaw Kota in “Secrets of Mount Sleza.” This does not mean that the research of German scientists should be dismissed in its entirety. It is to them that we owe, for example, the discovery of the so-called Jordanian ram, that is, a clay figure of a ram from 3600-3100 years before Christ, and thus older than the Egyptian pyramids. They found it in 1925 during excavations in the area of Jordanów Śląski. After 1945, the Jordanian ram was promoted – it became a symbol of Lower Silesian archaeology and found its way into the coat of arms of the municipality of Jordanów Śląskie (one of the municipalities in the region of the Ślęża Massif). It is currently kept in the collection of the Wroclaw Archaeological Museum. You are welcome to visit the Ślężański Museum in Sobótka.

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