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Mes Aynak

            The remnants of an ancient Buddhist settlement, including a series of at least four monasteries, as viewed from the side of an ancient copper mine at Mes Aynak in Logar Province, Afghanistan. More than 250 Afghan labourers are working with a team of international archeologists to excavate the settlement, roughly  35km south of Kabul. They have already uncovered a series of four monasteries full of murals and statues, thought to date from the 3rd to the 7th centuries AD. The monasteries and settlements are on the site of an ancient copper mine - which may have first been used by humans up to 5000 years ago. The copper deposit, which is one of the largest in the world, was sold by the Afghan government to a Chinese state mining company.
   

Taken in: Afghanistan / Kabul / Bagrami (show map)

Taken on: November 14, 2011

Tags:

AFGHANISTAN

ARCHEOLOGY

COPPER

DAFA

EXCAVATION

LOGAR

MES AINAK

MES AYNAK

MINE

MONASTERY « less

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/6.3, 1/320 sec, 47mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	47mm
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
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