The Ancient City of Butrint

This UNESCO site is Albania's most visited archaeological site.  It dates back to the 5th or 6th century BC.  Because of the time of the year we saw only about 10 people here during the 2 hour tour.  At least it is not like Finland where everything closes down on November 1.  Migen seems to have a personal relationship with everyone we meet at these major sites.  He even knows their dogs! 

 Notice the water in these ruins.  It is higher than normal as it has been raining heavily the past couple of days - and is raining as I take these pictures.  But also the sea is very close and some of the areas are now below the water table.  They have covered some mosaics that would be under water now to protect them and only open it to the public in June and July which are dryer.

 These are supposed to be the names of people who owned slaves and then freed them.  There are women included on this list, even though in most areas of this region women were not allowed to own slaves, much less be able to free them.

 In most archaeological sites this would be heavily frowned on.  If we would have been more agile, we could have joined him.

The Baptistery and Basilica were added much later.  This is where they found the mosaics.  There is still a small corner exposed.

 The lion gate - It looks like a wild pig, but is actually a lion eating an ox head.