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US-funded restoration project of Hyderabad’s Qutb Shahi tombs completed

United States Ambassador to India Kenneth I Juster announced the completion of an American-funded restoration project at the 17thcentury Qutb Shahi Tombs in Hyderabad. This is the second grant awarded by the US government for conservation work at the Qutb Shahi Tombs. An AFCP grant of USD 1,01,000 awarded in 2014, contributed to mapping and documenting structures throughout the site and helped transform archeologists understanding of the monuments earliest architecture.