10th November 2011, 09:22 AM
The financial situation in Bulgarian archaeology is pretty parlous at the best of times....there are very few permanent positions and little developer funding as we understand it although in the past there has been EU funding and of course some of the foreign institutes working in Bulgaria bring in funding. I was working there in the summer and quite senior Bulgarian archaeologists were earning a pittance compared to their contemporaries in other EU countries....the protestors are right to mention the problem of looting. Bulgaria has some fantastically rich sites which are under constant threat from looters. Some international institutions and auction houses seem content to turn a blind eye to this problem...
With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind all passion spent...