...the Albanians are the only surviving branch of the long-extinct peoples known to antiquity as Illyrians and Thracians, and cousins of the Macedonians of Philip and Alexander.

Pasardhës të pellazgëve, shqiptarët janë dega e vetme e mbijetuar e popullsive të njohura në lashtësi si ilirët dhe trakët, dhe i të njëjtit gjak me maqedonasit e Filipit e të Aleksandrit. 
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Successors of the Pelasgians, the Albanians are the only surviving branch of the long-extinct peoples known to antiquity as Illyrians and Thracians, and cousins of the Macedonians of Philip and Alexander.
p.113

Titulli: The Nation, Volume 110
Botues: The Nation Company, 1920
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Salih Mehmeti

‎"The Albanians. Arnauts, or Skipitars as they call themselves, are one of the oldest races in Europe ; they are the original natives of that region and have not been amalgamated with any other foreign blood".

^The Ottoman dynasty: a history of the sultans of Turkey from the earliest authentic record to the present time, with notes on the manners and customs of the people, Alexander W. Hidden, N. W. Hidden, 1912, p. 107

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UNESCO World Heritage Site

Butrint albania

Remains of the 6th-century baptistery

Source of three photographs 

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