While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a ...

A long-lost Buddha statue is being reassembled at Angkor after a recent torso discovery in an archaeological breakthrough.

Archaeologists excavating Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex have made a stunning discovery that could help solve a century ...

According to archaeologists, the head of the same statue was dug up in 1927 and is now in Cambodia's National museum in the capital Phnom Penh. The two parts may be reattached for display. View on eur ...

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 ...

Mortars and cannon were being used to destroy the Buddha statues in Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, reports from Kabul said. The destruction has drawn heated reactions from Arab and Muslim ...

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 ...

The Taliban have detained two British nationals, a Chinese-American citizen, and their Afghan translator due to undisclosed reasons. The daughter of the British couple detained, Peter and Barbie ...

The Taliban on Monday announced that they have detained two British citizens, a Chinese-American, and their Afghan translator in the central province of Bamiyan. The arrest of the group was ...

As a part of a television broadcast, world travelers Hal and Halla Linker toured the Afghan countryside in 1973, years before the Soviets invaded and the Taliban took control of the Buddhist site ...

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 ...