Giant Buddha- Bamyan, Afghanistan 1973

Carved into the Bamyan Cliffs are the two niches of the giant Buddha statues (55m and 38m high) destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, and numerous caves forming a large ensemble of Buddhist monasteries, chapels and sanctuaries along the foothills of the valley dating from the 3rd to the 5th century C.E.
As this picture from 1973 shows the site was also testimony to recurring reactions to iconic art even before the Taliban.
The picture was taken September 1973 and scanned from Kodachrome transparency with an Epson V300 scanner.
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Taken in: Afghanistan / Bamian / Bāmīān (show map)

Taken on: January 18, 2013

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