[Khurkris]

Buddhas coming back Baby!

Buddha laughing as Taliban hides.

Buddha smiles in Valley again.

[Wolverine]

[SunkenCiv]

A blast from the past, added to the list at last.

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Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
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[SunkenCiv]

related topics:

Find Stirs Sleeping Buddha Talk
Washington Times | 12-4-2004 | Maseeh Rahman
Posted on 12/04/2004 11:41:00 AM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1294407/posts

Mission secures Buddhas of Bamiyan site in Afghanistan
Pak Tribune | 12/30/04
Posted on 12/29/2004 10:27:39 PM PST by Straight Vermonter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1310737/posts

Marines, Sailors Describe Ambush in Afghanistan
Defend America News | 01/12/04 | U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Rich Mattingly
Posted on 01/12/2005 4:18:01 PM PST by SandRat
(nice photo of the cliff-face in the distance)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1319565/posts?page=30#30

marginally related topic:

Did Israel's Lost Tribes end up in Afghanistan?
Reuters | 03 FEB 2002 | Tom Heneghan
Posted on 02/02/2002 9:22:59 PM PST by CommiesOut
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/620860/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Ryukoku University team to explore rare Buddhist ruins in Afghanistan
by Tai Kawabata
Friday, March 4, 2005

Ryukoku University, a Buddhist school in Kyoto, and Afghanistan's National Institute of Archaeology have signed an accord to survey and excavate newly found Buddhist relics lying west of the famed Bamiyan ruins that were destroyed by the Taliban... The two large Buddhist statues carved into the mountainside in Bamiyan, one 55 meters tall and the other 38 meters, were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001... The Keligan ruins include a temple 58 meters long and 47 meters wide and Chehel Burj is a square fortress, each side 100 meters long... Chehel Burj literally means 40 towers.

Thanks Shermy, for the link.

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