But having been attracted to the new Buddhist doctrine while they were in NW India, they, after their shift, sculpted imposing images of the Buddha in standing position in the Bamiyan Region in ...

KABUL 2011 (AFP) - Ten years after Afghanistan's ancient Bamiyan Buddhas were blown up by the Taliban, there is still no agreement on whether the war-torn country's best-known cultural icons should be ...

The illustration shows the colored appearance of the Bamiyan Buddhas’ robes at the end of the 10th century. Parts damaged in later periods, which cannot be reconstructed, are made visible.

In March 2001, at Bamiyan in the central part of Afghanistan, the two great Buddhas, Eastern Buddha and Western Buddha, were blown up and disappeared without a trace. The Center of Innovation (COI) ...

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 ...

while 3D reconstruction projects bring the Buddhas of Bamiyan back to life virtually. Fashion also intersects with sculpture in fresh ways—at the 2024 Met Gala, designers showcased wearable art ...

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 ...

What it is: A Neolithic chambered tomb known as a dolmen Where it is located: A hilltop in Herefordshire, England When it was made: 3700 B.C. Related: Buddhas of Bamiyan: The colossal twin statues ...

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 ...