Opinion: Mohenjo-daro city is not older than Egyptian cities. Here’s what the recent dig really shows episode artwork

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Opinion: Mohenjo-daro city is not older than Egyptian cities. Here’s what the recent dig really shows

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Recent evidence from Mohenjo Daro does not suggest that urbanisation at the site is dated to 3300 BCE. Rather, it indicates that the site is rooted in a much earlier, pre-urban phase. Some media outlets also claimed that the city of Mohenjo-daro is the earliest in the world—older than the Egyptian cities—which is a misleading, wrong claim. Watch this week's column for ThePrint by Archaeologist Disha Ahluwalia:----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/mohenjo-daro-city-antiquity-pakistan-excavation/2903195/

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