Saving Mes Aynak (In Afghanistan? Watch for Free!)
SAVINGMESAYNAK.COM -- The save Mes Aynak movement is a race against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan threatened by a Chinese state-owned copper mine closing in on the ancient site, eager to harvest $100 billion dollars worth of copper buried directly beneath the archaeological ruins. Only 10% of Mes Aynak has been excavated, though, and some believe future discoveries at the site have the potential to redefine the history of Afghanistan and the history of Buddhism itself. Qadir Temori and his fellow Afghan archaeologists face what seems an impossible battle against the Chinese, the Taliban and local politics to save their cultural heritage from likely erasure. ...
