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From IOL, Italian engineers have completed work to prevent the collapse of the cliff niches which
house the remaining fragments of Afghanistan's ancient Bamiyan Buddhas which were destroyed by the
Taliban
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&art_id=iol1071146102748A200&set_id=1
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Scientists Construct 3D Image of Bamiyan Buddhas
From Swissinfo, scientists from the Federal Institute for Technology in Zurich have prepared a
three-dimensional blueprint for reconstructing the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan.
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=111&sid=4301171
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Ancient Buddhist Scripture Fragments Discovered in Bamiyan Valley Caves
From Japan Times, Japanese experts have found a number of Buddhist scripture fragments dating from
the seventh century in caves in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, according to the National Research
Institute for Cultural Properties.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030910b4.htm
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Bamiyan Buddha Mystery Will be Solved Soon
From Daily Times, French archaeologists say they are a step closer to solving the mystery of
Afghanistan's legendary lost 'third Buddha' of Bamiyan.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_17-9-2003_pg4_14
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Talks Over Bamiyan Buddhas' Future
From the BBC, plans to preserve the remains of the great Buddhas of Bamiyan, destroyed by the
Afghan Taleban last year, are discussed in Munich.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2498483.stm
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Experts Defer Buddhas' Rebuilding
From BBC News, conservation experts meeting in Kabul to rescue Afghan cultural heritage decide
Kabul Museum should be restored before the giant statues.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2015189.stm
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Dusty Mounds Unravel Clues to Vanished Afghan Past
From the Indian Express, beneath a series of mounds lie clues to a civilization that flourished
long before Islam embraced Afghanistan.
http://www.indian-express.com/full_story.php?content_id=6462
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Ancient Buddhist City Uncovered in Afghanistan
From Ananova, villagers in Afghanistan have uncovered a lost Buddhist city thought to date back to
the 2nd Century.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_638491.html
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The Buddhas of Bamiyan
An online version of an exhibition at the Courtauld Institute of Art of photographs taken in 1934
by Robert Byron of the colossal Buddhas at Bamiyan. Includes history of the huge Buddhist
monastery.
http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/Pages/bamiyan_buddhas.html
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The Buddhas of Bamiyan
An illustrated article by Jet van Krieken on the giant statues of Buddha hewn out from the rocks in
the valley of Bamiyan, destroyed by the Taliban.
http://www.purabudaya.com/resources/bamiyan/bamiyan.htm
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The Bamiyan Tragedy
Illustrated report on the destruction by the ruling Taliban militia of the ancient Buddha statues
at Bamiyan. History of the statues, UN and Buddhist protest.
http://www.sibv.org/bv21.htm
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Bamiyan
Two great figures of Buddha in the Bamiyan valley northwest of Kabul date from the Kushan Dynasty;
the larger is 53 m high and the smaller is 120 feet.
http://www.afghan-network.net/Culture/bamian.html
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