1 published discovery from Albania — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.
Global Finds has 1 find from Albania, a famous historical find. It is filed under weapons. It is the Bastar helmets, Albania, made in the 6th or 5th century BC.
The law: In Albania, as in most countries, archaeological finds are protected by national heritage law: report anything old or unusual to the national heritage authority, and never dig at a known site or export a find without permission.
In 1955 farm work on a hill called Qytezë at Bastar, north-east of Tirana in Albania, uncovered two bronze helmets lying close together: one of the Illyrian type and one Corinthian. Dated to the 6th or 5th century BC, they are now in the National Archaeological Museum in Tirana.
