:<i>Illyrian World: Architecture, Rituals, Gods and Religion</i>

This volume is a translation of the author's Albanian publication Arkitektura n liri par si refleks i strukturs sociale dhe bots shpirtrore (Academy of Sciences of Albania 2017).After several failed attempts to get the book professionally translated, Bae decided to translate the book himself, a fact that is sometimes apparent in the text.A published volume in English on Illyrian archaeology is long overdue and most welcome, since much of the previous research on Albanian archaeology has appeared only in Albanian, Greek, French, and Italian.This publication provides a combination of a popular book and a scientific volume.The arguments are simplified in the text for the general reader, but all the data is presented fully in the endnotes, which include scholarly references, further explanations of the arguments, and relevant sections of ancient texts.The result is a wellbalanced book that is a pleasure to read.It is comprehensible and well illustrated, with plentiful photographs, plan drawings, and reconstructions.Personally, I would have appreciated the inclusion of a map in each chapter with the excavation sites mentioned therein; even if many of them are well known to most scholars, some of the sites may be unfamiliar.This volume fulfills an important role, providing a much-needed overview of Illyrian archaeology.Bae carefully explains the development of Illyrian culture and monuments, mainly in Albania, with some discussion of sites in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Greece, and southern Italy.Illyrian archaeology often sits in the shadow of the more famous Greek and Roman archaeology and is not given the attention it deserves.This publication successfully discusses Illyria without using the modern nation border between Albania and Greece, a refreshing perspective that is sorely needed in archaeological research.Even if most of the Illyrian archaeology referred to in this book relates to locations in Albania, the book connects it to related developments of the Illyrians in other countries, and it especially considers evidence for the Illyrians in Greece.Bae also discusses