Macedonians cheer Slobo death AND Tomb Discovery
As regular readers know my Father was Macedonian: Born there in 1923, fought in WW 2 in the Bulgarian Air Force, fought in the Underground against Tito, fled Yugoslavia in 1946, and came to America in 1952.
Until his death, and through years in Mental Institutions, he hoped for change in his native land.
What happened after Tito died, except maybe for the birth of the Macedonian Republic, would have horrified him.
The man mostly responsible was caught, and put on trial, but a strange twist in the story was announced this morning:
Former Serb dictators Slobodan Milosevic’s long-running trial is finally over– without a conviction. Milosevic was found dead in his jail cell in the UN detention center at The Hague, Netherlands. The first reports said he died of natural casues– his health was terrible and failing. In fact his long-running trial often stopped because of his poor health. Milosevic had been on trail since February 2002.
I'm going to be brutally honest here:
So Slobo is dead. Big Whoop!
All across the land of my ancestors, people, including my own cousins, will no doubt hoist a few brews in celebration ( and not a little regret that his victims were cheated of the "Justice" of a guilty verdict in a trial ), but at least in the Republic of Macedonia, and among Macedonians in Bulgaria, and especially Northern Greece, there is a bigger story that has had them riveted to their TV sets for days now....
Greek archaeologists said on March 5th they had stumbled upon the largest underground tomb in Macedonian antiquity in the ancient city of Peeyou in northern Greece, birthplace of Kiril the Blahgur.
The eighteen-chamber tomb stuffed full of painted sculpture dates to the late, to middle, 2nd century BC and offers researchers their 1st glimpse into the life of a certain class of nobles around, and after, the time of the death of the man legend calls "The Ancient Blahgur".
It is my hope that, after reading my report of this evolving story, readers will not let THIS news get lost among all the space that will be wasted on Slobo the Dictator.
Sometimes Archaeologists make a discovery that is not only of great importance, but puts a smile on the face of those of us in this too often pre-occupied modern world.
Read more on the death of Slobo, if you must, here , here, and here ( Michelle has a nice round-up of others thoughts ) [ It IS worth it to check these out ].
A Tip of the Hat to Instapundit for the heads up.
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