Butrint Foundation is an international organization founded in 1993 in the UK by
Lord Rothschild and
Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover. The foundation aims to conserve, preserve, and develop the
Butrint
Butrint ( el, Βουθρωτόν and Βουθρωτός, ''Bouthrōtón'', la, Buthrōtum) was an ancient Greek and later Roman city and bishopric in Epirus. "Speakers of these various Greek dialects settled different parts of Greece at diffe ...
site in southern Albania. Professor Richard Hodges has been director of archeology. The
Packard Humanities Institute provides supports.
served as the foundation's first director,
and was involved in the
Buthrotum Roman archaeological site work from 1997 until 2004.
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Archaeology of Albania
Organizations established in 1993