A Buddha statue dating back to the 8th to 10th centuries is carved from a rare iron meteorite. It sounds like a mash-up of Indiana Jones' plots, but German researchers say a heavy Buddha statue ...
For generations, artisans in this part of Buddhist-majority Myanmar have carved out a living from the marble, fashioning mostly colossal Buddha statues to be sold in the nearby city of Mandalay or ...
A multi-million-yuan project that helps to shore up the country's oldest cliff-carved Buddha statue is to kick off before the end of June in Shanxi Province. The 1,461-year-old, 63 meters tall ...
When the Taliban blew the face off a towering, 1,500-year-old rock carving of Buddha in northwest Pakistan almost five years ago, it fell to an intrepid Italian archaeologist to come to the rescue.
Towering above the landscape of Xiashui village, 16 kilometers outside of Guiyang, is a gigantic Buddha statue peering down at the scenery below. Hewn out of the very living rock, little is known ...
The first Buddhist temple in China was built here in Sichuan Province in the 1st century A.D. in the beautiful surroundings of the summit Mount Emei. The addition of other temples turned the site into ...
An aerial view of an image of Buddha 100 meters long created in a rice paddy field in Leshan City, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, July 11, 2019.Photo:China News Service An aerial view of an image ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
SAGYIN, Myanmar (Reuters) - The fine white dust that shrouds much of his northern Myanmar village also covers sculptor Chin Win as he leans over a half-finished Buddha statue. "We are blessed to carve ...
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