Source: The Guardian Mes Aynak, a magnificent Buddhist city, is the most important archaeological discovery in a generation. But it is sitting on a vast copper deposit and is about to be destroyed William Dalrymple The Guardian, Friday 31 May 2013 22.00 BST In the spring of 1963, a French geologist set out from Kabul to carry out… Continue reading Mes Aynak: Afghanistan’s Buddhist buried treasure faces destruction