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Bactrian Greeks, the Bamiyan and Avukana Buddha statues
The first attempt was the carving of the Avukana Buddha Image in the ancient Rajarata. The Avukana Buddha statue and inset, the Bamiyan Buddha statue Bactrian images of the Buddha in the Bamiyan ...
The Sunday Times16y
The rise of a Bamiyan Buddha in Ridigama
Why a replica of the Bamiyan Buddha is being sculpted in the Kurunegala hillside ... Such were the beginnings of this mammoth project – the building of a 67.5 foot granite statue which has now ...
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How Can Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage be Preserved?
In this interview with The Asia Society, Mr Bucherer discusses the collection at the Bibliotheca Afghanica, the events leading up to the destruction of the Buddha statues in Bamiyan and the recent ...
Khaleej Times9y
Bamiyan's ancient cave dwellings shelter poverty-stricken Afghans
A Hazara Afghan family looks on in front of their cave in the old city of Bamiyan, some 200km from Kabul. - AFP Bamiyan - The ancient caves lining the Bamiyan valley in central Afghanistan were ...
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Islamic State claims deadly Afghanistan attack on tourists
The ruins of a 1,500-year-old Buddha statue in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 18 May 2024. Three Spanish nationals were killed in an attack in Bamyan, capital of the homonymous province in central ...