During the XIX century Albania was "invaded" by foreign archaeologists. The first National Archaeological Museum was established in 1948, and then sistenatic research began in Apollonia. Archaeology in Albania is rich of information and it is very important for many conferences and also written in many books. There are many testimonials of prehistoric human beings living in Albanian territories and also of some prehistorical houses. The region of Korca, in South -Eastern Albania is the most-known. Testimonials about the Illyrian period are in many and they are clear. Research in Durres and Apolonia, Butrint and Ardenitza verify the Illyrian existence in Albanian territories. Illyrian cities were created in the Vth century b.c.

The statue of Livia has been returned to Albania

LIVIA, wife of the Roman Emperor Augustus, has poked her head into the public arena yet again. Only a few months after a marble portrait of the murderous matriarch, portrayed on television in I, Claudius by Sian Phillips, was returned from Oxford to its home in Croatia, another and similar head has been rescued from the stolen-art market and taken back to Albania. The Albanian head, in superb condition apart from a broken nose, was found in the theatre of Butrint, on the southern coast opposite Corfu, during excavations 70 years ago. "The statue was one of six which had formed an imperial portrait group in a grand stage building," said Professor Richard Hodges, who is directing new research at the site.

The head was stolen from the Butrint museum in 1991, during the chaos that accompanied the fall of Ramez Alia, the last Communist dictator of Albania. It was apparently smuggled to Greece and then to Switzerland, Professor Hodges said, and purchased by Robert Hecht, a New York art dealer.

When he offered it for sale in his catalogue in 1995, the head was recognised by American scholars, and Mr Hecht declared his willingness to return it. It was recently flown back to Tirana, where it will stay in the Institute of Archaeology's museum until the Butrint museum has been renovated and rendered secure .

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