Makli_Necropolis

https://youtu.be/ZagnR4Tnf7Y The meaning of heritage is profoundly symbolic. In a recent Instagram activity, the husband of Britain’s princess Beatrice Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi shared few photos of the Acropolis and the magnificent Parthenon of Athens in Greece showing the grandeur structures seen by many as a representation of the origins of Western civilization. At home, the enormously outsized area of the Makli necropolis is as amazing as its scheme dimension. Covering nearly 12sqkm, Makli is one of the world’s largest necropolises, performing as the final resting place of a debatable figure of more than half a million people, including kings, queens, saints, and scholars. Presumably, from 14th-18th century, enrolled as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1981, Makli is admired for its imposing tombs and intricate artwork. Monuments are congregated as clusters with some visible chronological arrangement of construction layout. The structures seem more like an upscale property project than graves. Also branded as the ‘city of silence’, it is one of the finest examples of a grave town found in the history of necropolises. Auspiciously, Sindh owns this quintessential funerary site that saw building activity for over 400 years till recently now restricted due to its heritage status.