Koszyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wojciechowice, within Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wojciechowice, east of Opatów, and east of the regional capital Kielce.
In 1921, 1475 people lived here. In 1929 there was a catholic church and a synagogue. The Union of Jewish Merchants was also there.
A nearby archaeological site revealed in 2011 a mass grave of 15 victims from the late Globular Amphora culture who were murdered in the 29th century BCE."... had been brutally killed by blows to the head." Subsequent analysis revealed that all but one were from the same extended family, and that the bodies had been carefully placed within the grave according to their family relationships. See also Talheim Death Pit Herxheim (archaeological site) Mass burial at Schöneck-Kilianstädten Mass burial at Schletz-Asparn Els Trocs
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