“Everybody knows Egypt, nobody knows Mohenjo Daro, this has to be changed,” says Dr Michael Jansen, a German researcher working at the sun-baked site on the banks of the Indus river in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. Most horrifying, however, is the wanton disregard for Mohenjo Daro — or “mound of the dead” — by ordinary citizens. – ‘Foreigners are afraid’ –Jansen and his Friends of Mohenjo Daro society aim to promote the site internationally, with plans to recruit Pakistanis around the world for conferences, seminars and debates. Archaeologists believe the Mohenjo Daro ruins could unlock the secrets of the Indus Valley people, who flourished around 3,000 BC in what is now India and Pakistan before mysteriously disappearing. At their peak during the Bronze Age, the Indus Valley people are believed to have numbered up to five million, with Mohenjo Daro their largest and most advanced settlement (AFP Photo/ASIF HASSAN)

Source: Egypt Independent May 16, 2017 13:09 UTC