I am posting that in response to all nationalistic comments and posts written by natives from the Balkans (Romanians included and please don't get me started on another pointless argument whether Romania is in this group or not).
Before writing or posting anything more, very very please read some scientific works in the field. When I say scientific that would mean not written by your compatriots.
In Bulgaria, for example, I am aware of evidences of systematic fornication of historical finds (Archeologist with shovels making expansions of slavic dwellings in order to present them as not less developed by the other contemporary to them groups in the region), as well as of systematic destruction of evidences (The archeologists discover 2 royal thracian tombs. They throw out the pottery and all other not so valuable ("value" as "market value") finds and take all other mainly golden artifacts away in dozens of bags. The result: several finds exhibited in museums, many happy collectors). How can you trust any works written by people driven by either sick nationalistic motives or even worse - purely materialistic ones. Let me save you the suspense - Bulgaria is by no means special case in the Balkans. Just listen to what an average Romanian or Macedonian knows about history (I have no disrespect towards the people for I rather like them
, but towards the way history is taught to them).
I hope that would be the last time anybody writes a comment about the historic "science" in the Balkans and tries to bring evidences via a 19th century Romanian poem
. Dan Rares, please don't embarrass us all! We have already turned ourselves to the laughing stock of the EB community.