A prehistoric burial mound near Korça has been partly excavated and is now open to the public, accompanied by an excellent little museum (quite rare in Albania) with with an instructive DVD and English-speaking staff that can guide you around the site. The mound was used between the 13th to 6th centuries BC, and visitors can view several discoveries: the 'Big Circle’ around the central grave and several monumental structures. The tumulus site is marked with flags, 8km south of Korça along the road to Gjirokastra.
Admission 200/100 lek.
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The narrow minded archaeologists who did this do not regard the ancient burial mound as sacred, they have claimed it, vandalised it and virtually wiped it out. Utterly scandalous! Do they really think the information on the excavation can be safeguarded in a museum? It is all very disrespectful, distressing and sad.