Canada returns Bulgarian stolen artifacts

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Source: CBC News

Canada is returning to the government of Bulgaria 21,000 pieces of stolen cultural artifacts, including Byzantine crosses, bone sewing needles, pagan amulets, jewelled belt buckles and bronze eagles.

There are also 18,000 coins, including some from Hellenistic and Roman times. Most of the cultural objects were illegally excavated in Bulgaria and shipped by mail to an importer in Montreal.

Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Culture, Todor Chobanov, who is also an archeologist, personally examined the artifacts and said he is excited to bring them home.

"We are so happy that a country like Canada is responding to our needs, to our call and giving us back precious objects that are really important to our heritage," Chobanov said.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/10/bulgaria-artifacts.html

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1. Great !!!

Now if only the Brits, the French, the Spaniards, the Portuguese and the Americans would do the same instead of proudly displaying stolen items from the colonies and conquests.