tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post8614184323097722429..comments2024-02-22T10:35:12.485-08:00Comments on Cultural Property Observer: Latest ISIS Culture CrimeCultural Property Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-632026890205698932014-07-26T03:15:30.569-07:002014-07-26T03:15:30.569-07:00Sure enough, it didn't take long, and they wer...Sure enough, it didn't take long, and they were true to form. Chuckle, chuckle!<br /><br />Over on another topic, commenting on the jailing of Macedonia's top archaeologist, Pasko Kuzman, the former head of Macedonia’s Cultural Heritage Protection Office who has been found guilty of aiding a criminal ring to excavate and sell off valuable archaeological artifacts (seehttp://www.balkaninsight.com/)<br />our favorite archeo-blogger who can't bring himself to admit crime exists within the World's heritage circus, reckons the conviction was politically motivated. <br /><br />Horror,shock! What evidence does our man offer in support? "The recent history of the equivalent services in Poland - where I know the people involved - contain three very good (bad) examples of precisely this sort of thing," He says. <br /><br />Macedonia then, if he's to believed, is as corrupt as Poland when it comes to heritage matters? Surely not.<br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />John Howland<br />EnglandJohn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752752229384757087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-25284864155218426592014-07-25T08:13:27.426-07:002014-07-25T08:13:27.426-07:00And the explosives paid for by US numismatists, UK...And the explosives paid for by US numismatists, UK/US detectorists and relic hunters, the usual loonies on the fringe of sanity will surely claim any time soon. <br /><br />Usual best wishes<br /><br />John Howland<br />EnglandJohn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752752229384757087noreply@blogger.com