Talking rocks in danger
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Pakistan is going to lose one of the most precious rock art carvings due to construction of the Diamer-Basha Dam. The proposed site of the dam hosts some 30,000 ancient art carvings and inscriptions which may vanish forever due to the construction of this reservoir.
Some of the carvings and inscriptions are more than 10,000 years old which provide a window to discover ancient lexicography, history, anthropology, culture and lifestyle of the people settled in the upper Indus area.
There is an urgent need to preserve these sites so that they remain a part of world heritage. – Photos courtesy by Harald Hauptmann / Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany.
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May 18, 2011 08:17pm
we need electricity even we have to loose these things !
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May 22, 2011 02:48pm
The world heritage & Gov of Pak must act immediately to save these ancient sites which is very important part of our history: best is to relocate to a safer place.
Most ppl in Pak do not understand & care about our past & libe in present.
Dams must be build but not at the cost of this but to safeguard interest of all.
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