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Avar earrings from the 8th-9th century CE.

The Agora of Butrint (Albania) with the Roman Forum and the Sanctuary of Asclepius in the background.

The Baptistery of Butrint in Albania with its well-preserved mosaic pavement featuring iconography relating both to Christianity and to aristocratic life. Early 6th century CE.

Butrint National Park, Albania.

Section of the Aurelian Walls in Rome.

Antigoneia of Epirus, Albania. The city was founded in 295 BCE by Pyrrhus, the king of the Molossians, who named it after his wife Antigone, daughter of Berenice I and step-daughter of Ptolemy I of Egypt.

One of the city gates of Amantia with an archway belonging to the second phase of construction of the city. The city was protected by a 2,100 m long, walled enclosure equipped with three monumental gates.

The Stadium of Amantia was built in the 3rd century BCE. Its stone rows, set in the form of an extended horseshoe, followed a track 12.5m wide and about 60m long. It had 17 rows on one side and 8 on the other and could accommodate about 4000...

View towards the Vjosa valley from Byllis, Albania. The site occupied a dominant position on the summit of a hill, over the road from Apollonia to Epirus and into Macedonia.

The Theatre was built against a natural slope and dates from the middle of the 3rd century BCE. With its 40 steps of seats, it had a capacity of 7,500 spectators.