World Heritage Centre seeks ‘clarification’ over Mungo remains
The Willandra Lakes precinct in NSW’s far southwest was one of the first World Heritage areas to be proclaimed in Australia, ...
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Bamiyan Buddha statues of Afghanistan
Those who created the Bamiyan Buddha statues may have done so to show their gratitude ... either as a mark of respect to a pragmatic philosophy or just to restore historical icons that were lost to ...
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LankaWeb – Will Sri Lanka too end up a ‘Once Buddhist’ nation?
Of course, the majority Sinhala Buddhists have lost faith in all ‘Buddhist leaders’ for they ... The importance of the example of Bamiyan Buddhas is that there had been numerous attempts by Islamic ...
After 98 Years, Archaeologists Found the Missing Torso of an Ancient Buddha Statue
While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a ...
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Missing torso of Buddha’s head discovered, solves century-old puzzle
A long-lost Buddha statue is being reassembled at Angkor after a recent torso discovery in an archaeological breakthrough.
Stone head of Buddha statue found in Cambodia in 1927. Now, rest of body discovered
The pieces of a disarticulated statue of Buddha have been reunited nearly a century after the first piece was found at the Ta ...
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Lost Causes
What if the opposite is true? By Melissa Kirsch A couple months ago, a friend of mine lost her phone. The next day, another friend lost his wallet. These things weren’t just misplaced ...
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Stone head of Buddha statue found in Cambodia in 1927. Now, rest of body discovered
Simone Dinoia via Unsplash The pieces of a disarticulated statue of Buddha have been reunited nearly a century after the first piece was found at the Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia, archaeology ...