Experts Struggle to Try Save the Ancient City of Mohenjo Daro

With its (1) unbelievable architecture and (2) advanced water BELIEVE/ADVANCE

and sewage systems, the 5000-year-old city of Mohenjo Daro in

the Province of Sindh in Pakistan, the (3) amazing monument AMAZE

of our past, is in danger of complete (4) disappearance, unless DISAPPEAR

something is done soon. Discovered in 1922 by an (5) officer OFFICE

from the (6) Archeological Survey of India, Mohenjo Daro is ARCHEOLOGY

believed to have been one of the earliest and most advanced cities

in the world. According to experts it was inhabited by about

35,000 (7) residents of the great Indus Valley (8) Civilization RESIDE/CIVILIZE

between 2600 BC and 1900 BC. The (9) archeologists think ARCHEOLOGY

the city could be lost in less than 20 years because of neglect

and (10) destruction caused by the high salinity (соленость) DESTRUCT

of the groundwater which slowly leads to the (11) corrosion CORRODE

of its bricks. Some parts of the town walls have already collapsed

(12) completely. One of the main reasons for the neglect could COMPLETE

be the ancient city's fall from (13) popularity as a tourist destination. POPULAR

Though it is one of the 981 World Heritage Sites, the (14) political POLITICS

unrest in Pakistan has led to a sharp decline in international (15) visitors. VISIT

Not long ago the local (16) provincial authorities in Sindh met PROVINCE

with international experts to try come up with a plan to save the site.

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