This was a really big Buddha, in Afghanistan.
Bigger than usual. Buddha was a fat bastard.
Anyway, this statue was carved out of a hillside,
over a 1500 years ago.
b4
after the Taliban blew it up
Some good old souls want to put Humpty Buddha back together again.
I hope they've got some Sooper Gloo.
But, I have to ask. What makes them think they can do this, and
not get blown up themselves? The Taliban is not exactly gone.
A fringe benefit for any venture could be the old Kabul Museum black market,
with lots of stuff ending up in the British Museum. Go look!
There's also the Baghdad Museum black market
and the Cairo Museum Tahrir Sq market.
Seeing a trend here?
Squash, support, loot, deliver to Western museum.
Collateral 'damage' of the Western desire for warfare.
Peace,
-Cos67 ¬(%^D>
checkitout: from Defense.pk
German experts: rebuilding Bamiyan statues possible
I google translated this from persian, so it might contain some errors.
German experts: rebuilding Bamiyan statues possible
Technical University of Munich, Germany, experts have said that at least one of two giant Buddha statues in Bamiyan can be reconstructed.
Moderators repair of antiquities at the Technical University of Munich on Friday (25 February) were informed that their research over the past eighteen months to come to the conclusion that reconstruction of massive statues of Buddha in the Bamiyan Valley "very difficult but possible" .
Two giant Buddha statues in March 2001 were detonated by the Taliban. Taliban militants had intended to destroy Buddha Statues to destroy the signs of Shirk and Budhism.
United Nations Cultural Organization (UNESCO) giant Buddha statues as part of the world's cultural heritage was considered so experts can check the University of Munich has asked to help rebuild statues.
Reconstruction Board of Antiquities at the Technical University of Munich has said that rebuilding sculptures is very difficult, because "the overall destruction of statues and the bulk rock and sand, they have become."
To rebuild the statues to traditional methods of restoration Antiquities latest computer to be used.
Experts believe the figure could Astkhvanbndy any new silicon building and then index it with the remaining pieces of original sculptures filled.
Statue of a three-dimensional model that has made pieces carved in their original location shows.
Munich University of experts to rebuild the statues of the Bamiyan Valley, or workshop should be established, or more than two surviving pieces of the statues are carried to Germany.
Remaining parts of the sculptures are held under the supervision of UNESCO.
Taking the cultural intercourse
Two giant Buddha statues, 55 and 38 m height, around the fifth and sixth centuries AD over the Bamiyan valley along the highway historical "Silk Road" were established.
The area to the tenth century AD Buddhism was one of Zyartgahhay Kish. In ancient caves and holes in countless thousands of Buddhist monks living around the statue and they worship.
New research shows that the two giant Buddha Mjms·h Bamiyan Valley in primary color and luster away from the intervals have been impressive.
Figures with garments of dark blue color to pink and was clad in orange. Different periods larger sculptures in red and white statue was smaller.
Experts to painting the statue of the impact of Hellenistic culture has been, since its Greek sculptures were always color. Likely that this tradition by Artshyan Alexander the Great is the area found its way.
Experts in the Bamiyan region of ancient times until about the fourth century AD mixture of Hellenistic and Iranian culture has been dominant. But the Bamiyan statues in the fifth century, and six deaths have been openly Pykrsazy style Chinese and Hindi have effect.
Decisions about the reconstruction project of the two large statues of Bamiyan, the Afghan government and UNESCO will be.
