Pakistan's Moenjodaro is crumbling away

What is visible today represents only 10 percent of the entire site. The rest remains buried. Officials are reluctant to unearth any more than the 225 hectares they already have. Limited manpower and funding, and lack of awareness among visitors, make it difficult to justify the unearthing of more of the ancient city, said Qasim, who retired from his role in June. "If our estimates are proven correct, Moenjodaro was probably a cosmopolitan city of its times. [...] 5,000 years ago, when people in Europe and other places lived in caves and jungles, people in Moenjodaro lived in brick houses in a civilised and planned city,"

Pakistan's Moenjodaro is crumbling away   Al Jazeera 23 January 2017;