Albania Digs Up A Roman Noble’s Tomb–The First Of Its Kind Ever Found In The Country

Albania Digs Up A Roman Noble’s Tomb–The First Of Its Kind Ever Found In The Country

Albania Digs Up A Roman Noble’s Tomb–The First Of Its Kind Ever Found In The Country First Roman-Era Tomb found in Albania – Photo courtesy of Blendi Gonxhja Once a byword for backward and mafiosos, Albania is experiencing a tourist boom, and sure to help the effort is the recent discovery of a Roman noble’s mausoleum. Part of the Empire’s territory for 600 years, the south Balkan country has never dug up anything like the 29 by 19 foot long tomb, which likely belonged to an honored member of a wealthy family. Grave goods included glass plates, knives, and fabric lined with gold, while the tomb walls are covered in Greek inscriptions that have yet to be deciphered largely. “The inscription tells us that the person buried here was named Gelliano, a name typical of the Roman period,” the excavation’s lead archaeologist Erikson Nikolli said, noting that though inscribed in Greek, it had a Latin meaning. “We are uncertain about the identity of the second individual, but it is likely a family m…