Welcome to Albania introduces archaeology in Albania and gives illustrated descriptions of important Illyrian and Roman sites and monuments including Apollonia. History of the kingdom of Illyria.
From the BBC, a team of British archaeologists have found evidence that Europeans were playing chess as early as the sixth century.
From ScienceDaily, remnants from a synagogue dating from the 5th or 6th century, C.E., have been revealed in the coastal city of Saranda, opposite the Greek island of Corfu.
The chaos that was once Albania could become tomorrow's hotspot for development. Before that commercialization begins, University of Cincinnati archaeologists want to identify ancient sites that should be studied or preserved. Article from Science Blog archives 2001D.
Article on the history and archaeology of Albania from the Sustainable Economic Development Agency.
An unlikely outcome of the Kosovo crisis was a new interest in Albanian archaeology.
In 1991 a collaborative excavation project was proposed to the Instituti Arkeologjik in Tiranë by the University of Texas at Arlington. The co-directors of the project, Dr. Muzafer Korkuti and Dr. Karl Petruso, along with a staff of archaeologists and other specialists from several countries, have been investigating an extraordinary cave on the Saraqint ridge northwest of the town of Konispol
The classical and Byzantine city of Butrint occupies the top and slopes of a low hill which projects into the Vivari channel and separates the inland lake Butrint from the Adriatic to the east.
A preliminary report on excavations and related studies, 1992-1994. From Iliria.
Article from the Kosova Crisis Center, the question of the ethnic and cultural continuity between the early Illyrians and the mediaeval Albanians, besides being one of the most attractive issues of Balkan history, has also acquired a political dimension in recent decades.
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