Science: Archaeology: Regional: Europe: Albania

Art and archaeology of ancient Albania (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.

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.

Article on the history and archaeology of Albania from the Sustainable Economic Development Agency.

In 1991 a collaborative excavation project was proposed to the Instituti Arkeologjik in Tiran 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

political comintary on the cultural and archaeological polocies of the government.

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.

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, just above the village of Pojani.

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 explored in the 1930s by Luigi Cardini.

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.