Palmyra gained its wealth and power as a trade hub, ideally situated between the Roman and Persian Empires, and provided a vital link between the East and the West ... the 6 th century statues of the ...

East-West cultural contact from Greece to Japan”), besides ... This statue dates to the second or third century AD during the Kushan Empire. The Buddhas of Bamiyan, which were destroyed by the Afghan ...

Archaeologist Michael Westaway, who spent years studying the cache, likened it to the Taliban’s infamous levelling of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan, saying the reburials could breach ...

Taliban authorities have detained two Britons, a Chinese-American and their Afghan translator, the interior ministry confirmed to AFP late Monday, after the daughter of the British couple called on ...

on Feb 1 in the province of Bamiyan, a major tourist attraction west of Kabul known for its giant Buddhas – destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban. Mr Qani refused to confirm the identities of the ...

Taliban authorities announced late last month the arrest of a Chinese-American woman on February 1 in the province of Bamiyan, a tourist attraction west of Kabul known for its giant Buddhas until ...

New chapter' - Taliban authorities announced late last month the arrest of a Chinese-American woman on February 1 in the province of Bamiyan ... known for its giant Buddhas until they were ...

on February 1 in the province of Bamiyan, a major tourist attraction west of Kabul known for its giant Buddhas – destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban. Qani refused to confirm the identities of the ...

The Taliban in Afghanistan have been among the most hardline, stunning the world in 2001 by obliterating the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. In 2024, the Taliban’s morality ministry reported ...

British media had reported their arrest, along with a Chinese-American woman and their Afghan translator, on February 1 in the province of Bamiyan, a major tourist attraction west of Kabul known for ...

St. John’s defeated Creighton on Saturday night to earn the school’s first Big East Tournament title in 25 years thanks to Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino, and he plans to celebrate in a big way.