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Of the museum, this pavilion is the most important and the richest of objects, around 400. The exhibited objects start with the Late Palaeolithic. The objects of the prehistoric homes of Maliq stand out, and represent the flourishing of the Neolithic from mid IV millennium up to the year 2600 BC. One of the displays offers a splendid collection of prehistoric ceramics (painted ceramic that was recovered in Maliq and Kamnik in the Region of Kolonja). The other objects on display go back to the Ages of Bronze and Iron, periods that are representative of the characteristics of the population of the Illyrians. The display that contains the objects of the Age of Iron (1100 - 500 to C.) offers, to the visitor, a clear vision of the consolidation of the Illyrian ethnics and its distinguishing cultural characteristics. These characteristics are best shown in the ornaments for women and the weapons found in the tombs discovered near the median valley of Mat, and give a full comprehension of the skill of the Illyrian people.  The painted “devollita” ceramics discovered in the upper valley of the river Devoll, renowned even in Epir, Macedonia, Thessalia, up to the South of Italy, is very interesting. In the second room of this pavilion, objects discovered in the regions of the South of Illiria of the 4th- 3rd centuries BC are on show. These objects testify the urban culture of Illyria, which is not at all inferior to the other Mediterranean cultures of the Antiquity, and the influence of the Greek and Roman cultures. The testimonies are a clear demonstration of the development of the Illyrian cities in general and of the history of the Illyrian culture in particular. The silver and bronze coins date back to the 5th century BC and are exhibited in display cases surrounded by bas-reliefs of the same period. These coins were coined in honor of the Illyrian Kings, Monunius and Gentius, in the towns of Scutari, Lezha Amantias, Bylis, Durazzo and Apollonia, testifying a strong economy.  Of great interest are also the sculptures of the school of Apollonia and the Venus of Butrinto, one of nicest sculptures of the 4th century BC called the Goddess of Butrinto, the mosaic The Belle from Durazzo dating back to the 4th century BC, the head of Artemisia, the anthropomorphic depiction of the river Vjosa, portrayed as an old man, the head of a man in stone (5th century AD), vases with red figures, the busts of the Illyrian Kings: Pirro, Teuticus, Gentius etc.

 A very important place is occupied by the findings of the Monumental Tomb of Selca (Pogradec). This pavilion ends with objects pertaining to the first part of the Middle Ages (4th -7th centuries) with the interesting Culture of Koman which testifies the Illyrian-Arberesh continuation expressed both in the material culture and in the toponyms.

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