Member of:
Language:
No booking fees!
FREE cancellation in most cases!
Italy Returns Antique Treasure to Bulgaria
Standart News, 21.12.2008
Three thousand Roman and Byzantine silver and bronze coins and figurines unearthed by black archaeologists near the town of Knezha (northern Bulgaria) will be returned to Bulgaria.
The articles were smuggled to Italy in 2005, The Standart found out. On January 13, the Italian police will hand in the collection to the head of the National Investigation Service Boyko Naidenov, investigating officer Rumen Vassilev and director of the National Museum of History Bozhidar Dimitrov during an official ceremony in the Bulgarian embassy in Rome. Experts estimate the value of the treasure the police found in Verona at about 35.000 euro.
Touroperator
