The researcher, at the same time a member of the scientific council of UNESCO, Auron Tare has announced that the British Museum has corrected its mistake where it described Butrint as part of Greece.

Aulon Tare writes that he has sent a letter to the British Museum regarding an old collection of coins from “Buthrotum” (Butrint), where he says that it is part of the Ancient Park in Modern Albania (Buthrotum Epirus Vlorë/Albania) and not in Greece like Buthrotum Epirus Greece.

“I am delighted to announce today’s decision by the British Museum to change the name of the Butrint site from Buthrotum Epirus Greece to Buthrotum Epirus Albania. The British Museum reacted quickly to a letter I sent to the General Directory on the accuracy of the terminology used to describe Butrint as a Greek city.

Thanks to the Curator of the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum, Mr. Tom Hockenhull who responded with an accurate term correctly establishing the origin of the coin collection coming from Butrint as Buthrotum from Epirus, or modern Albania,” writes Tare on Facebook.

The British Museum was established in 1753 and is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture, located in London. The museum first opened to the public in 1759 and was the first national public museum to cover all fields of knowledge. Its collection includes 8 million works, documenting the history of human culture from its beginnings to modern times.

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