[2] The Archaeology program at the University of Warsaw is placed between 51st and 100th worldwide in Quacquarelli Symonds World University Ranking (QS)[1][3][4] Archaeologists from Faculty of Archaeology University of Warsaw have conducted archaeological works at numerous sites in Poland, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Denmark, Sicily, Greece, Libya, Sultanate of Oman, Kuwait, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Georgia, Peru, and El Salvador[5][6][7][8] The most outstanding discoveries: The beginning of the archaeological investigations at University of Warsaw is related to establishing the Numismatic Cabinet (Gabinet Numizmatyczny) at 1816 and Cabinet of Ancient Curiosities (Gabinet Starożytnych Osobliwości)(1926) at former Royal University of Warsaw (1816–1831).

[33][34][35][36][37] Although there was no formal archaeological institute, a number of archaeologists and antiquarians who were important in the formation of Polish archaeology, were active in Warsaw or worked at the university: Erazm Majewski, Kazimierz Stołyhwo, Stefan Krukowski, Leon Kozłowski, Ludwik Sawicki or Marian Hinner.

[38][39][3][40] The first section, the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology, was created in 1919 in Staszic Palace, and was headed by Erazm Majewski.

After E. Majewski's death in 1920, his successor was Włodzimierz Antoniewicz – the dean of the Faculty of History in 1934/35 and Rector of the University of Warsaw in 1936/37.

At the beginning of the 1960s, Kazimierz Michałowski, Zofia Podkowińska, Zbigniew Sochacki, Bronisława Chomentowska, Maria Miśkiewicz, Andrzej Kempisty, Jerzy Gąssowski, Andrzej Wierciński, Stefan Karol Kozłowski and Janina Rosen-Przeworska were among the most prominent members of the staff.