Butrint 8. The Late Roman and Middle Byzantine Archaeology of Butrint, its Enclave, Saranda and Santi Quaranta
This in the eighth book in the Butrint Foundation’s archaeological monograph series (although Butrint 6 consists of 3 volumes).
Butrint: At the Crossroads of the Mediterranean
These large excavations encompass the acropolis, the forum, the Triconch Palace and the Western Defenses besides a major investigation of Butrint’s suburb. Drawing on original excavation reports, this book gives an overview of a place over millennia that was at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, and now is Albania’s premier tourist destination.
Kosta Lako (1949-2021): placemaker of Saranda (ancient Onchesmus/Onhezm)
Kosta Lako was one of the outstanding Albanian archaeologists of his generation. Born in the coastal port of Saranda in December 1949, he...
EXCAVATING BUTRINT IN LOCKDOWN: BUTRINT 7 PUBLISHED
Lockdown has had its silver lining: working remotely with David Hernandez in South Bend, Indiana, Butrint 7 – a complicated volume...
1 May 2000: Absolutely Fabulous
Twenty years ago today, on the first of May 2000, the Butrint Foundation trustees and directors were generously invited by the Averoff...
Excavations and surveys at Butrint, Albania: Butrint 5 & 6i,ii, iii
The popular view of archaeology is that it is done and dusted on the ground, in the trench. Nothing is further from the truth. Analysing...
Odysseus and Naucicaa
Twenty five years since we crossed to begin our excavations at Butrint in Albania and had our excitement dashed by our Albanian...
Dame Drue Heinz
I learnt of Dame Drue’s death aged 103 on Friday. I only knew her slightly, the head of a great literary foundation, with a scrutinizing...
