On August 15, 2022, a press conference was held at the National Press Center of the Republic of Belarus on the topic «Modern Belarusian archeology: why is it important for domestic science and what can be of interest to an ordinary person?» It was timed to coincide with the Day of the Archaeologist.

The speakers at the event were: Vadim Lakiza – Director of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Sergei Linevich – Researcher of the Department of Archeology of Primitive Society of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Andrey Voitekhovich – Head of the Department of Archeology of the Middle Ages and Modern Times of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and Olga Drevilo Jr. Researcher at the Department for the Preservation and Use of the Archaeological Heritage of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Director of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vadim Lakiza congratulated the specialists on the Archaeologist's Day and wished them the professional luck. There are not so many archaeologists in Belarus. But it is thanks to their findings that many discoveries have been made. Scientists spoke about the latest unique findings. So, Belarusian archaeologists found a personal family sign of the Polotsk prince Izyaslav on a fragment of dishes during excavations at Menka. Head of the Department of Archeology of the Middle Ages and Modern Times of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Andrei Voitekhovich with a team of volunteers discovered there a unique, so far the first and only fragment of dishes in the country – a flat bottom, on which the personal family sign of Prince Izyaslav, the son of Vladimir and Rogneda, was preserved.