Albania Europe Regional Archaeology
Albania Europe Regional Archaeology
Albania
The investigation of past cultures of the modern nationstate of Albania through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).
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- At the end of 1999 a new Rescue Archaeology Unit was set up in Albania, funded by the Packard Humanities Institute. Its activity during 2000 has been intense, and focused on four main projects, always in co-operation with the Institute of Archaeology of T
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- 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.
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- Features political commentary on the cultural and archaeological policies of the government.
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- In June 2000, a team of archaeologists from the Institute of World Archaeology and the Albanian Institute of Archaeology began a field survey in southern Albania, with the aim of re-locating a number of prehistoric caves and surface sites that were first
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- An unlikely outcome of the Kosovo crisis was a new interest in Albanian archaeology.
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- Archaeologists excavating a part of the ancient town of Butrinti found what they said may be a 2,000-year-old statue of the Roman goddess Minerva.
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- In May-June of 1998, a team of Albanian and American archaeologists gathered to inaugurate a joint project of regional archaeological study in the vicinity of the ancient city of Apollonia (founded in 588 B.C.E.), located near the modern-day city of Fier,
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- 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.
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- Following reports that the World Heritage site of Butrinti was damaged during the civil unrest in Albania in early 1997, a joint UNESCO-ICOMOS-Butrint Foundation assessment mission went to the site from 20 to 24 October 1997.
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- 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 i
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- From the BBC, a team of British archaeologists have found evidence that Europeans were playing chess as early as the sixth century.
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- Art and archaeology of ancient Albania (Illyria).
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- From Scienceblog, he 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.
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- 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 ot
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- Article on the history and archaeology of Albania from the Sustainable Economic Development Agency.
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- 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.
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- A preliminary report on excavations and related studies, 1992-1994. From Iliria.
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