In this picture taken on March 3, 2021 a policeman patrols at the site of the Buddhas of Bamiyan statues, which were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, in Bamiyan province.

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War has not only taken lives it has also erased irreplaceable pieces of human history. This video explores some of the ...

The Buddhas of Bamiyan were a pair of massive statues of robed figures, dubbed the Eastern Buddha and the Western Buddha, that once stood along the Silk Road, a network of trade routes that ...

Under debate, right now, is the question of how and whether the statues should be rebuilt. Little remains of the stucco coat and sculpted stone that gave the Buddhas of Bamiyan their definition.

5 Despite the destruction of the Buddha statues, visitors continue to visit the Bamiyan Valley where, in 2008, scientists said the world's oldest oil paintings had been discovered in a cave carved ...

Since the overthrow of that regime by U.S. forces in late 2001, Bamiyan province has been working to rebuild its tourism industry, with the Buddhas as a centerpiece.

The tragic destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in March 2001, which was broadcast across the globe, led to a global recognition of the need to protect cultural heritage at risk. The empty niches of ...

Its main attraction, a 37-meter replica of one of the famed Bamiyan buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, is mysteriously covered by a huge cloth, with only its giant feet poking out.