Over the centuries, the Standing Buddhas of Bamiyan have been at the crossroads ... these statues have witnessed the armies of Alexander the Great come from the West, the Huns from the East ...

"He gave Bamiyan the coup de grâce ... scanning the rough ground at its base. "If the great Buddha exists," he said, "it's there, at the foot of the great cliffs." Not everyone is convinced.

This is no ordinary sculpture but one modelled on the Bamiyan Buddha in Afghanistan which was destroyed by the Taleban in 2001. Why a replica of the Bamiyan Buddha is being sculpted in the Kurunegala ...

In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later ... adding that the Taliban authorities afford "a great deal of attention" to the ...

In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later ... adding that the Taliban authorities afford “a great deal of attention” to the ...

including the stabilization of the Western Buddha niche. It is desirable that all heritage-related projects be supportive of humanitarian situations, to the extent possible. Bamiyan’s urban ...

Two German-speaking Swiss men, Paul Bucherer-Dietschi and Bernard Weber, have established a consortium which plans to rebuild one of two obliterated Buddha statues in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley.

In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. "I think the Taliban have understood how much the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas damaged their ...

and the ‘Bamiyan Energy Supply project’, in October 2021. Several reports came to the attention of the World Heritage Centre in 2023 and early 2024 concerning the state of conservation of the Buddha ...