How a Historic Buddhist Site Has Eluded Destruction—for Now
Plans to open-pit mine the ancient city of Mes Aynak in Afghanistan have been put on hold, but the site is still far from safe.
Brent Huffman
Brent Huffman is a documentary filmmaker and associate professor at Northwestern University. His film about Mes Aynak, a complete visual record of the archaeologists’ work and findings, was released in 2015. He is currently producing Finding Yingying, a documentary about a Chinese visiting scholar kidnapped in Illinois in 2017, and directing Strands of Resistance, a documentary examining China's economic presence in Pakistan.
Saving Mes Aynak
Afghan archaeologists and villagers fight to save the ancient Buddhist city of Mes Aynak, one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of recent times, from destruction by a Chinese copper mine.
The Fate of Mes Aynak
An ancient Buddhist city is caught in a drawn-out battle between commerce and culture in Afghanistan
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