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Albania

Albania/Issue 104/Travel

Richard Hodges: The Death of Pan

The Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha was obsessed with defending his ‘paradise on earth’. He feared invasion by NATO troops using a combination…

Albania/Issue 103/Travel

Richard Hodges: The Visit of the World Bank President

Italy is in lockdown as I write and it feels like Christmas Day, such is the silence. Yet the cuckoos have dodged…

Albania/Features/Issue 103

Aphrodite at Amantia

High on a hilltop near the village of Ploçe, Albania, lie the ruins of the ancient polis of Amantia. The city was…

Travel, Albania, Byllis, Apollonia - CWA 63
Albania/Issue 63/Travel

CWA travels to Apollonia & Byllis

Nearly 20 years of digging in and writing about Albania's ancient sites has left a vivid impression on archaeologist and traveller Oliver…

Issue 52/Albania/Travel

CWA travels to: Butrint, Albania

How on earth do you get the students up at 5am? That, rather than the archaeology, is the question that preoccupies my…

Issue 48/Albania/Travel

A postcard from the Forty Saints

Today the Forty Saints sits discreetly above the crowded bay of Saranda (Hagioi Saranta), in southern Albania, overshadowed by telephone aerials. Enter…

Issue 40/Albania/Features

Albania, Butrint

Richard Hodges reflects upon a rich year at the glorious site of Butrint in Southern Albania, and on his search for one…

Issue 26/Albania/Features

Albania’s Byzantine Butrint

Richard Hodges charts the latest finds from Albania's magical site…

Issue 21/Albania/Travel

Cape Styllo

Richard Hodges sends his regular archaeological news, this time from Cape Styllo, a 'no-man's land' between Greece and Albania…

Issue 18/Albania/Travel

Prespa, Greece and Albania

Richard Hodges sends news from Lake Prespa…

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Issue 14/Albania/Features

Albania: Butrint from the Air

A tour of Albania's ancient city from a stunning new aerial perspective…

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Issue 14/Albania

Butrint Museum Re-Opened

After undergoing refurbishment Butrint's oldest museum will open to the public on 22nd October 2005…

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