The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Pashto: د باميانو بودايي پژۍ, Dari: تندیس‌های بودا در بامیان) were two possibly 6th-century [3] monumental Buddhist statues in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan.

Sep 9, 2008 · More than seven years after the Taliban destroyed the two giant Buddha statues at Bamiyan, an Afghan-led archaeological team has uncovered the remains of a third giant Buddha nearby.

Kosaku Maeda, a retired professor of archaeology in Tokyo and one of the world's leading experts on the Bamiyan Valley, agrees that the monk probably did see a Sleeping Buddha.

Sep 8, 2008 · Afghan archaeologist Zameryalai Tarzi and his team have discovered the remains of an ancient 19-metre-long (62-foot) "sleeping Buddha" in central Afghanistan's Bamiyan a government official...

May 23, 2018 · In 2008, archaeologists rediscovered a buried sleeping Buddha figure, 19 meters (62 feet) long, at the foot of the mountain-side. The Bamiyan region remained predominantly Buddhist up until the 9th century. Islam gradually displaced Buddhism in the area because it offered easier trading relations with surrounding Muslim states.

May 14, 2009 · There are about 1,000 man-made caves in the Bamiyan Valley, some of which are large sanctuaries and chapels with elaborate reliefs and frescoes, while others are simple monastic cells. In the nearby Karak Valley, a 33-feet-tall …

Aug 7, 2007 · After the Taliban fell, France sent Zemaryalai Tarzi to this Afghan valley on a quest bordering on the mythological. His goal: to find Sleeping Buddha, the reclining sculpture that, at 900 feet...

According to an account by a Chinese pilgrim who visited in the seventh century, Bamiyan hosts another Buddha that has been buried for centuries. Perhaps 1,000 feet in length, this "reclining"...

An Afghan archaeologist has discovered the remains of an ancient 19-metre-long (62-foot) "sleeping Buddha" in central Afghanistan's Bamiyan a government official said Monday.

Nov 10, 2008 · Seven years after Taliban militants blew up the two 1,500-year-old statues in a fit of Islamist zealotry, a French-Afghan team in September uncovered a new, 19-metre "Sleeping Buddha" buried in the earth.