Open Pit Mine Can Save Rather Than Destroy Artifacts ... marched through Afghanistan in 330 B.C. At Mes Aynak chapels have been uncovered with double-life-size Buddha statues still bearing traces ...
AFP Bamiyan - The ancient caves lining the Bamiyan valley in central Afghanistan were originally ... niches that once sheltered giant Buddha statues destroyed by the Taleban are home to Bamiyan's ...