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Abid Hussain

Record rains in Pakistan damage Mohenjo Daro archaeological site

The Mohenjo Daro ruins were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980 [File: Fareed Khan/AP]

Islamabad, Pakistan – The devastating floods in Pakistan have caused significant damage to Mohenjo Daro, a famous 4,500-year-old archaeological site in the southeastern Sindh province which UNESCO has declared a World Heritage site.

The area in Sindh’s Larkana district received more than 1,400mm of rain in the second week of August, damaging the protective outer covering on the historic structures, Abdul Fatah Shaikh, the director of archeology and museum for the provincial government, told Al Jazeera on Wednesday.

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