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A 100 m-long portion of the Via Egnatia can be seen near the provincial town of Peqin, between Durrës and Elbasan (Albania). The pavement is about six metres wide with an Ottoman surface, a later repair of the earlier Byzantine...

Detail from the map “Bosporus, Maeotis, Iberia, Albania et Sarmatia Asiatica “ by CHRISTOPHORUS CELLARIUS (1638-1707), from the book “Notitiae Orbis Antiqui sive Geographiae Plenioris Tomus Alter Asiam et Africam“, printed in Leipzig...

The Amphitheatre of Durrës (Roman Dyrrachium) in Albania was built in the 2nd century CE and held 15,000 to 20,000 people. It is among the largest monuments of antiquity to have survived on Albanian territory.

The theatre of Butrint (modern Albania), early 2nd century BCE.

Mosaic called "The Beauty of Durrës", from Epidamnos/Dyrrhachium, 4th century BCE. National Museum of History in Tirana, Albania.

The theatre of Butrint (modern Albania), early 2nd century BCE. Due to the low-lying terrain the floor is now flooded.

Statue of the Illyrian Queen Teuta (r. 231-227 BCE) and Pinnes in Tirana, Albania

Remains of shop buildings in the roman forum at Butrint (modern Albania), 2nd century CE.

A gate entrance in the Hellenistic fortification walls of Butrint (modern Albania), 2nd century BCE. Constructed using large ashlar blocks with angled joins designed to minimise earthquake damage. Despite this precaution...

A gate in the fortification walls of Butrint (modern Albania), 2nd century BCE. The lintel shows a lion devouring a bull carved in relief and was probably reused from an earlier 6th century BCE building. The gate was...