Name: Bay of Bones Museum
Address: Ð 501, Macedonia (FYROM), MK

Bay of Bones Museum is a museum, located at Р501, Macedonia (FYROM)

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Р501, Macedonia (FYROM)

Added by Jopie, at 15 June 2016

Monday 9:00 AM – 5:15 PM
Tuesday 9:00 AM – 5:15 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM – 5:15 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM – 5:15 PM
Friday 9:00 AM – 5:15 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM – 5:15 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM – 5:15 PM

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Michał Oleksiuk

20 May 2018

Interesting place, amazing history BUT no historical information except one banner by the entrance.
Réda Sef

15 May 2018

Very interesting place in the lake of ohrid. The houses are obviously a reconstitution of what have been this site hundreds of years ago. The museum is very small, very few interesting items. The " village" is very interesting to walk in and to have a look to the organisation of the houses. There is a dicing center. Diving in this area is certainly very interesting!
Frederic PELIN

12 May 2018

Nice reconstitution of an ancient site. The location is great on stunningly clear waters. Not much explanation regarding the history and so on (museum is about 100m2). Didn't check if you can get guided tours. Diving option are available.
Andrea Marchetti

03 May 2018

Interesting place with reconstructions of ancient populations.
Unfortunately the site is left as it is. Place is like abandoned. No fixing, no explanations. Full of bees flying around with risk to be bitten.
On the highest part of the park there is a small reconstruction of a Roman city wall.
But at the end there is nothing special to see. Place should be renewed, be kept well with more attractive things.
Kelly Barnett

30 April 2018

Went to the Bay of Bones museum as part of an excursion on on of the group catamarans. Lovely place to go, not much there but the replicated village is great to see in a picturesque environment. Worked out around 1.5gbp so super cheap, even if it's not your thing it's not much to waste.
Nenad Zdravkov

09 February 2018

Its an interesting think go see, how our ancient race was building and living
Miguel Serôdio

05 February 2018

A museum by the water, in the Ohrid Lake. Definitely a must go in Ohrid Lake region. Feel free to be delighted by the amazing views while visiting a replica of ancient houses in the lake. The price is 100 mkd, 30 for children and students. You can also see the Roman fortress, with a nice view for the lake.
There is also an indoor museum and a cafe.
Vortex Visual Box

28 January 2018

The pile-dwelling surface habitats as a means of human existence in specific micro environment, are characteristic especially for Prehistory, from the Neolithic-Early Stone Age, Eneolithic-Copper Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.

In 1977 the first underwater archaeological research in Macedonia were carried out at the site Plocha Michov Grad, in the Bay of Bones, along the south coast of the Gradihste peninsula, near the village Peshtani.

At a depth of three to five meters numerous wooden piles stuck in the lake bottom were discovered, as well as numerous artifacts dated to the late Bronze and early Iron Age, i.e. from 1200 BC to 700 AD. It is assumed that this and other similar habitats on Ohrid Lake belong to the time when the first tribal populations began their profilation, respectively, at the time of the existence of the Bryges, the oldest tribal community of this region, which is actually an integral element of the ancient Macedonian ethnic substrate.

Researchers at the bottom of the lake recorded 6.000 wooden pile,s in research campaigns conducted periodically from 1997 to 2005.

Based on measurements of the surface area of the settlement it was concluded that it had spread over an area of approximately 8500 m2. The remains of the settlement were discovered on some ten meters from the shore of the Bay of Bones, on the southern coast of the Gradihte peninsula in length of 155 meters (east-west) and 55 meters (north-south).

It was built on a platform supported by wooden piles stuck in the bottom of the lake, and a wooden bridge connected the settlement with the mainland. The studies have shown that on the bottom of the lake in the area of this settlement there is a remarkably concentration of whole and particularly fragmented ceramic vessels, stone artifacts and fragmented animal bones.

Among the movable archaeological material are the circular ceramic tiles with different diameter with two, three, or four circular openings. It is assumed that these items were used as fishing equipment by the inhabitants of the settlement. Among the ceramic objects there are also different forms of vertebra, conical and bi-conical, as well as objects used in rituals-altars. The stone tools are mainly fragments of hand grinders for wheat, as well as whole, smoothed elliptical stone objects which must have served as tools for washing clothes. Among the many fragments of bones of domestic animals, there are fragments of deer antlers, presumably used as tools.

Within the museum complex, on the flattened plateau there is a fortress-Roman castle from the 3rd century AD enabling you to consider another timeof the Macedonian history and archaeology.

The complex contains a facility with a permanent exhibition of artifacts and a coffee bar, a base for underwater archeology and development of underwater tourism, pile-dwelling settlement with 24 reconstructed prehistoric huts on a wooden platform over the lake, several reconstructed half-open constructions within the castle (in the form of viеw points for rest of the visitors) and other contents that enrich the overall environment of the waters and shores of Ohrid Lake.
Caner BAŞER

05 December 2017

This is the best place to Macedonia. Prehistoric houses are awesome.
Christine Godfrey

14 October 2017

Fascinating recreation of a village built over the lake Car park on main road above the site and also a jetty where boats can land. Inexpensive at 1DEN per person.
Ra Ay

06 October 2017

Excellent place.. live like in 2000 years before.. scenery is fascinating. Color of water is superrb..
Bob Hall

25 August 2017

Nice reconstruction of an 3000 year old village. You only need 30 minutes, stop while passing on your way to wherever. Good parking and access, although not disabled friendly.
Magdalena Sokolova

23 June 2017

The museum and the picnic area around it are both very clean and well organized. There are not many things to see but it's hard to leave this place, because everything is so beautiful! It makes it easy to imagine what life was like in the Bronze Age. Easily one of the best places I've ever seen.
Andra Nik

07 May 2017

Very beautiful place to visit whether or not you are interested in prehistoric history. We enjoyed. There is also a path which leads you above a little hill. Wonderful view and place to refresh with a sandwich in case you brought it. Nice and worth seeing!
Veselin Bachvarov

12 March 2017

To see how the prehistoric people live there is quite interesting. It is very small, so 1 hour to view everything tops.
Gianpiero Casetta

10 March 2017

In prehistoric times Lake Ohrid was home to a settlement of pile dwellers who lived literally on top of the water, on a platform supported by up to 10,000 wooden piles anchored to the lake bed.
Anna Iksoraksel

17 September 2016

Ancient site which was restored with love. A nice place to visit whether or not a you're interested in history, the ambient and the view are well worth it!
Vladimir Gareski

30 August 2016

Good to visit prehistoric reenactment of living quarters with a nice small museum of findings in the bay of VII-XII century BCE ceramics. Also a Roman era fortress.
Vladimir Trkulja

22 June 2016

Very nice history site to visit, Roman fortress is not much (besides a good view), but ancient houses are a great thing to see if you love history.