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From the BBC, a team of British archaeologists have found evidence that Europeans were playing chess as early as the sixth century.

From ScienceDaily, remnants from a synagogue dating from the 5th or 6th century, C.E., have been revealed in the coastal city of Saranda, opposite the Greek island of Corfu.

Butrint is a port from Hellenistic to Ottoman times and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in south-west Albania.

Following reports that the World Heritage site of Butrinti was damaged during the civil unrest in Albania in early 1997, a joint UNESCO-ICOMOS-Butrint Foundation assessment mission went to the site from 20 to 24 October 1997.

A team from the University of Cincinnati has discovered a monumental temple in Albania that may be one of the earliest ever found in the region.

The chaos that was once Albania could become tomorrow's hotspot for development. Before that commercialization begins, University of Cincinnati archaeologists want to identify ancient sites that should be studied or preserved. Article from Science Blog archives 2001D.