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 ...

have established a consortium which plans to rebuild one of two obliterated Buddha statues in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley. The 1800 year old statues were destroyed amidst a whirlwind of publicity ...

With the aim to ensure the coordination of all safeguarding activities in Bamiyan, a second UNESCO/ICOMOS Expert ... small Buddha niche and the conservation of the remains of the two Buddha statues, ...

The pre-Islamic statues, notably the two giant Buddhas in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province, "are only a transcription of history and have no negative impact on the faith of Muslims," Wassel said in ...

It's short, but fairly difficult reading. To see additional images of the statues, try these two links. A day in Bamiyan is a photojournal by A Raffaele Ciriello. It has some great statue photos ...

The destruction of two colossal Buddhist figures continued ... became apparent that the process of destruction of statues including those at Bamiyan was initiated immediately after the issuance ...

The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic and ... The site is also testimony to the tragic destruction by the Taliban of the two standing Buddha ...

Christian Frei's documentary traces the tragic tale of the giant Buddhas of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, which stood ... declared that all non-Islamic statues in the country be destroyed.