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Rare Photographs Revealed on New Web Site

Rare photographs of the five thousand year old Indus Valley city of Mohenjo Daro in Pakistan have been put on a new web site. Rich experience including musical Flash introduction awaits visitors at the new site. The beauty of these photographs will shine through to all viewers.

Harappa, award-winning historical and cultural content publisher, today announced the opening of mohenjodaro, a Web site that publishes never-before-seen photographs of the excavation of this largest ancient Indus Valley city. Five thousand year old Mohenjo Daro, which lies in southern Pakistan, was one of the world`s first cities and contemporaneous with ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations. It was extensively excavated in the 1920s, but no in-depth excavations have been carried out since the 1960s. On Mohenjo Daro, one of the leading ancient Indus Valley archaeologists, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer at the University of Wisconsin, shares his best images from 30 years of visits and work at the site.

Key elements of Mohenjo Daro include 103 large format images, an illustrated scholarly essay and introduction, and the most extensive bibliography on Mohenjo Daro available anywhere. Mohenjo Daro is the largest known ancient Indus Valley city. The ancient Indus Valley Civilization in India and Pakistan was larger than and contemporaneous with ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations (3500-1700 BC), but much less is known about the ancient Indus people. Their writing has not been deciphered, and even their religion remains a mystery. Nonetheless, exciting new discoveries in both India and Pakistan are bringing more facts about this Bronze Age civilization to light. `Mohenjo Daro presents scholarly research on this hidden civilization in an entertaining and accessible format,` said Omar Khan, founder of Harappa. `We think the site will continue to appeal to a broad audience, from schoolchildren through academics to the history buff and the Indian or Pakistani business executive looking inspiration from their heritage.`