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Conservation scientists mull reconstruction of buddhas

Coordinated by UNESCO and the International Council on Monuments and Sites, a group of scientists is examining the debris left from the Taliban’s destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas and considering whether reconstruction of the giant statues might be feasible. Located on the Silk Road, the 1,500 year-old works of art once formed the centerpiece of […]

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