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Buddhism’s holiest site erupts in protests over Hindu ‘control’ of shrine
Buddhists across the country have joined protests after monks at the Mahabodhi Temple were forcibly removed by police.
Japan Today4d
U.S. citizen George Glezmann released in Afghanistan after 2 years
Taliban authorities on Thursday freed U.S. citizen George Glezmann after more than two years of detention, in a deal brokered ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
The two pieces of the 800-year-old sculpture were discovered roughly 160 feet away from each other at the Ta Prohm Temple in ...
The Purdue Exponent4d
US citizen George Glezmann released from detention in Afghanistan
Taliban authorities on Thursday freed US citizen George Glezmann after more than two years of detention, in a deal brokered ...
Smithsonian Magazine6d
The Art Institute of Chicago Is Returning a 12th-Century Buddha Sculpture to Nepal
Museum officials say they are voluntarily repatriating the object after learning that it had been stolen from Guita Bahi in the Kathmandu Valley ...