Greek Antiquities Are Threatened In Albania

Macedonian Press Agency ^ | 8 June 2005 | staff writer

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Greek monuments in ancient Apollonia, Albania are being threatened with destruction because of the construction of a high-speed motorway promoted by the Albanian Transportation Ministry aimed at providing access to the Adriatic coasts for their tourist development at a time when new findings are being unearthed.

Excavation works began 3 years ago under the guidance of Cincinnati University professor Jack Davies and Lorenc Bejko from the Albanian Archaeology International Center who recently announced the discovery of a large ancient Greek temple (7th-4th century BC) possibly dedicated to ancient Greek goddess Artemis.

The region has a great significance for the history of the ancient Greek colonies in the Adriatic and during the past few years Italian, British, French, American and Israeli archaeologists are involved in excavations in Albania in sites with ancient Greek cities and monuments.

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[struwwelpeter]

The Greeks got around, even into the Crimea. On the Black Sea not far from Yalta are a bunch of Greek ruins called Khersones. In fact, Yalta was at one time a Greek colony called Halos. Faros, where Gorby's dacha in the Crimea is located, was also a Greek colony.

The ruins of the Khersones are depicted on the back of the 1 Grivnya note.

[ken21]

bump.

[Ciexyz]

To think these were antiquities perhaps seen by Alexander the Great. They should be preserved at all costs.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, I think everyone will appreciate that sidebar. The Hellenistic Greek/Macedonian/Ptolemaic heyday sprawled all over eastern Europe, and Central Asia, from India and parts of what is now China, to the considerably thinner (but better known) Greek presence in the western Mediterranean. The Roman poet Ovid wound up exiled to a border fringe area of the empire that was on the north of shore of the Black Sea.