"It was another day on the rocky hillside, as archaeologists and labourers dug out statues of Buddha and excavated a sprawling 2,600-year-old monastery."
"The woman represent a Chinese company eager to develop the world's second-biggest unexploited copper mine, lying beneath the ruins."
"But Mes Aynak is caught between Afghanistan's hopes for the future and its history. Archaeologists are rushing to salvage what they can from a major religious site on the famed Silk Road connecting Asia and the Middle East. The ruins, including the monastery and domed shrines known as "stupas", are likely to be destroyed once work at the mine begins."
"Mes Aynak's religious sites and copper deposits have been bound together for centuries - "mes" means "copper" in the local Dari language. Throughout the site's history, artisanal miners have dug up copper to adorn statues and shrines."
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