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» Albanian Heritage Foundation
   Chatitable organization that aims to protect, conserve, promote and undertake research into the Albanian historic environment.
   http://www.albanianheritage.net/

» Albanian Temple Unearthed By Archeologists
   A team from the University of Cincinnati has discovered a monumental temple in Albania that may be one of the earliest ever found in the region.
   http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.asp?id=2601

» Ancient Chess History Unearthed
   From the BBC, a team of British archaeologists have found evidence that Europeans were playing chess as early as the sixth century.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2155916.stm

» Archaeologists Head to Albania for Cultural Rescue Mission
   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 ar
   http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2001/D/200114684.html

» Archaeology of Albania: Recent Research in the Stone Age
   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
   http://www.frosina.org/about/infobits.asp?id=144

» Butrint
   Butrint is a port from Hellenistic to Ottoman times and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in south-west Albania.
   http://www.butrint.org/

» Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
   UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a justification for including it on the list.
   http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/208/

» Konispol Cave
   A preliminary report on excavations and related studies, 1992-1994. From Iliria.
   http://www.uta.edu/anthropology/petruso/iliria.1.html

» Regional Archaeological Research in Albania: Apollonia and Its Hinterland
   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,
   http://www.frosina.org/about/infobits.asp?id=145

» Relocating the Caves of Luigi Cardini
   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
   http://www.shef.ac.uk/~capra/3/cardini.html

» Remnants Of Ancient Synagogue In Albania Revealed
   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.
   http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031009064923.htm

» Report of the Assessment Mission to the World Heritage Site of Butrinti, Albania
   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.
   http://whc.unesco.org/archive/butrin97.pdf

» The Question of Illyrian-Albanian Continuity...
   Article from the Kosova Crisis Center, the question of the ethnic and cultural continuity between the early Illyrians and the medieval Albanians, besides being one of the most attractive issues of Balkan history, has also acquired a political dimension in
   http://www.alb-net.com/illyrians.htm

» Unesco: Butrint
   Information on this World Heritage Site which has been the site of a Greek colony, a Roman city and a bishopric.
   http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/570/