High in the rugged cliffs of Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley, two colossal statues once gazed out over a land crisscrossed by ancient trade routes. These Buddhas, carved in the 6th century, were ...

The Buddhas of Bamiyan, two monumental 6th-century statues that were destroyed in 2001, ... Art World See the Buddhas of Bamiyan, Destroyed by the Taliban, Resurrected as Holograms.

Today, 11 March, marks the anniversary of the destruction of Bamiyan’s iconic sixth and seventh century Buddha statues by the Taliban in 2001. In 2003, the cultural landscape and archaeological ...

"When the Bamiyan Buddhas were destroyed, ... The Kabul Museum, a dark and dusty shell littered with statue rubble, lost approximately 2,750 works of art during Taliban rule.