Copper Mine Threatens Ancient Monastery in Afghanistan

[Joanne98]

Andrew Lawler

A decade after the Taliban destroyed the famous Bamiyan Buddhas—two massive statues that have stood sentry in an Afghan valley for 1500 years—archaeologists are warning that Afghan antiquities are again at risk. This time the threat comes from a venture blessed by the Western-backed Afghan government. A Chinese company intends to blow up an ancient Buddhist monastery south of Kabul to make way for a massive copper mine. The plan has sparked outrage among Afghan and French archaeologists, who have recently uncovered more than 100 statues within a large religious complex that includes seven stupas, or tombs built to house the relics of saints.


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http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/329/5991/496

Looks like we've been hooking the Chinese up with bidness!

[BeHereNow]

1. Greed Trumps Archaeological Treasure.

Remember the looting of the museums after "shock and awe?"
TPTB have no reverence for anything other thatn MORE money and MORE POWER.

Disgusting.

I remember being really upset when I read about the Taliban
blowing up the Bamiyan Buddha monuments, what back in 2000? 2001?

Now this...


BHN

[Desertrose]

2. So sad...once its gone.....that's it.

We trash the planet and all the sacred things on it.

Stupid humans.

[BeHereNow]

3. GREEDY humans is more like it-

Infuriating when you consider the people behind
this destruction, who stand to PROFIT, make up such a
small percentage of the global population, and yet
cause SO much destruction for the rest of the world's people.
And yes, it is very sad. They could care a less about sacred sites
or historical artifacts.

BHN

[Desertrose]

5. You're right...stupid GREEDY humans.

:hi:BHN :hug:

[xchrom]

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