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Bulgaria - the Ancient Kingdom of Thrace

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« on: February 19, 2008, 11:44:06 pm »

Stolen to order

Volodya Velkov is the head of a special unit formed a year ago to tackle a trade that is now worth billions of dollars.

Velkov said: "The artefacts are stolen to order by rich Bulgarians living abroad and foreigners too.

They not only buy the pieces, but finance the illegal digs too. This is upsetting, as a Bulgarian, as a citizen of Europe. They are stealing our children’s heritage."

In the basement of Bulgaria's national museum a restoration team works tirelessly piecing together fragments of the past.

The country's law states that everything found in the soil belongs to the nation, but only a few pieces make it into their hands.

Some that have include a 3rd-century set of ritual drinking vessels.

Made of pure gold and weighing six kilos they are priceless and irreplaceable.

The collection was saved for the nation by a farmer, but others are less scrupulous.

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