Missing Antiquities of Albania
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THE ILLICIT TRADE IN ANTIQUITIES   
This website highlights the illicit trade in antiquities. It focuses on missing statuary from Butrint and also discusses the problems at Phoenicê, Albania. The theft of antiquities from archaeological sites is doubly problematic: it deprives a nation of its heritage and identity and also prevents us from understanding these objects in their true historical context.

THE LOOTING OF BUTRINT AND PHOENICÊ   
The Albanian institutional crises in the 1990s culminated in the looting of many museums and sites. Two of the sites most affected have been Phoenicê, the classical capital of Chaonia, and its near neighbour Butrint, a Roman colonial port.

CATALOGUE OF MISSING ANTIQUITIES   
An on-line catalogue documents missing items, in order to publicize and facilitate their recovery.

SUCCESS STORIES   
Good-news stories describe how some missing objects have been returned.

E-RESOURCES   
There are also links to other relevant sites.


The site is funded by the Mifflin Memorial Fund. It represents the first step towards creating a comprehensive on-line database of missing antiquities from Albania.
Contributions by Neil Brodie, Oliver Gilkes, Inge Lyse Hansen, Sally Martin and Iris Pojani
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