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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMes Aynak that DU helped save...
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MES AYNAK, Afghanistan Less than half an hours drive from Kabul, the congested and narrow two-lane highway is scarred with craters from improvised explosive devices. Logar province, southeast of Kabul, is considered one of the most dangerous in Afghanistan. Its near Pakistans volatile Waziristan region, where armed militants roam freely across the porous border.
Here, in the midst of vast desert, a massive archaeological dig is taking place under the watchful eye of Afghanistans Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MMP). Mes Aynak (little copper well in Dari), which was once a city on the Silk Road, is home to one of Central Asias oldest Buddhist artifacts, dating to the time of Alexander the Great. Buddhist statues and sculptures, intricate monastic complexes, stupas and frescoes, pottery, coins, gold jewelry and an ancient copper mine are buried beneath this mountainous 4.8-million-square-foot site.
Afghanistan lost a rich piece of cultural heritage in 2001 when the Taliban used dynamite to blow up ...
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http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/6/24/mes-aynak-savingafghanistansculturaltreasures.html
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http://m.scmp.com/news/world/article/1453375/chinas-mcc-turns-back-us3b-mes-aynak-afghanistan-mine-deal
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Thank you to all who donated and signed petitions. We bought the site precious time needed for excavation. Your actions matter! Thanks so much.
Love, Peace and Shelter.
littlemissmartypants
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Mes Aynak that DU helped save... (Original Post)
littlemissmartypants
Jun 2014
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Uncle Joe
(58,403 posts)1. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, littlemissmartypants.
littlemissmartypants
(22,738 posts)2. Thank you for the kick. nt
Cha
(297,524 posts)3. Thank you, littlemisssmartypants.. I didn't know this had happened! Good on you and
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