Wealthy ancient Roman's tomb discovered in Albania

A drone view shows archaeologists working on Albania's first discovered monumental tomb, which they suggest may be a mausoleum, dated to the Roman period III–IV century AD, in Strikcan, Albania, September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Florion Goga

STRIKCAN, Albania (Reuters) -Archaeologists in Albania have discovered a large Roman burial chamber dating from the third to fourth century AD, the first of its kind found in the Balkan country that was once part of the Roman Empire.

Tipped off by locals who had noticed some unusual stones on a plateau near the North Macedonia border, staff from the Institute of Archaeology began excavating in early Augustand found the underground structure whose large limestone slabs were inscribed with Greek lettering.