Clad in a safari suit, sun hat, hiking boots and leather gloves, Zemaryalai Tarzi leads the way from his tent to a rectangular pit in the Bamiyan Valley of northern Afghanistan. Crenulated sandstone ...
KABUL, (ANI) – An ancient Buddhist city near Kabul is in danger of disappearing forever, according to media reports, which hint that the city – one of the world’s largest copper deposits, is being ...
BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — The Taliban’s destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues in early 2001 shocked the world and highlighted their hard-line regime, toppled soon after in a U.S.-led invasion. Now ...
Among world religions, only Buddhism and Christianity attach a central significance to the role of relics. These two traditions, however, are different in both conceptual and material terms. In ...
AYNAK: For almost 2,000 years a monastery has perched on a rocky outcrop amid the khaki moonscape of Aynak in Afghanistan. In its heyday a pair of mighty turrets towered over an affluent community of ...
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Italian museum brings Afghan Buddhist artefacts to India — it’s a symbol of shared history
The artefacts, all from Rome’s Museo Delle Civilta, will be on display till May next year at the Humayun's Tomb Museum, Delhi ...
KABUL (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Afghanistan, where Taliban Islamists are fighting the Western-backed government, have uncovered Buddhist-era remains in an area south of Kabul, an official said on ...
One of the most striking sights at the National Museum of Afghanistan these days isn’t inside the museum, but by its front gates. Young, armed Taliban guards protect the entrance, searching visitors ...
The Library of Congress made public a rare 2,000-year-old text of early Buddhism on Monday, and it offers a glimpse into early Buddhist history during its formative years. The Library of Congress made ...
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