Bamiyan is one of the most attractive parts of Afghanistan ... It is located on the Silk Road, the historic trade route which criss-crosses Asia. The two Buddhas, 38 metres and 55 metres tall, were ...
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 ...
The site is also testimony to the tragic destruction by the Taliban of the two standing Buddha statues, which shook the world in March 2001. on this subject: Cultural Landscape and Archaeological ...