The Illyrian Tombs of Selca e Poshtme (Albanian: Varret e Selcës së Poshtme) are located near the town of Pogradec in Albania near the village of Selcë e Poshtme. On the right bank of the river Shkumbin at an elevation of 1040 m above sea level, lie the remains of the ancient city of Pelion and the accompanying necropolis. The Roman Via Egnatia led past it towards Thessaloniki. Though there are traces of human activity in Neolithic times, the settlement proper dates to the Iron Age (Illyrian proto-urban) through to the Illyrian urban period (5th to 2nd centuries BC),[1] and reached its height under settlement by the Illyrian tribe of Enchele in the later Iron Age and was also occupied in the Roman period as traces of a municipal building show. From the 4th to 1st centuries BC the city was the royal residence of Illyrian kings and therefore, also probably an important political and economic centre.[2] In 1996, Albania included the Royal tombs of Selca e Poshtme in the UNESCO World heritage list of proposals.
^Gilkes, O., Albania An Archaeological Guide, I.B.Tauris 2012, ISBN 1780760698, p263
^Robert Elsie (19 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. Scarecrow Press. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-8108-7380-3.
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