A major theme in my novel is how mining threatens to destroy archaeological ruins in Afghanistan. My story is fiction but inspired by real-life events in Mes Aynak, Afghanistan. A Chinese company plans to mine for copper at the same site where an ancient Buddhist city is buried. Not cool.
Here's a stupa, a structure containing Buddhist relics.
Check out the following for more information:
The Guardian article: Mes Aynak: Afghanistan's Buddhist buried treasure faces destruction
"The Buddhas of Aynak" Facebook page.
Here's a stupa, a structure containing Buddhist relics.
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| Image Credit: Pre-Islamic Afghan shrine by Jerome Starkey, licensed under CC-BY-SA-2.0 |
Check out the following for more information:
The Guardian article: Mes Aynak: Afghanistan's Buddhist buried treasure faces destruction
"The Buddhas of Aynak" Facebook page.
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