Illyria/Ancient Albanians

Library of Congress article on the ancient Albanians, a name which derives from the name of an Illyrian tribe called the Arber, or Arbereshë, and later Albanoi, that lived near Durrës. The Illyrians were Indo-European tribesmen who appeared in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula about 1000 B.C.

Balkan Cleansing -- the roots of the conflict in Kosovo.

The article "Thrcian Glitter" was written by Susan Rotroff. Its abstract explains the shadowy history of Thrace, which was known to the Greeks as the birthplace of Ares.

Photos and description of a silver helmet from a northern Thracian tribe living near the Danube, from c. 400 B.C., at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

A detailed article which claims the northern Albanians were Illyrians, but the southern Albanians were originally Epirots. The Albanians were the first settlers in the Balkans.

Here are the sections from the ancient historian Appian on the Illyrian Wars.