Travel Photography: Bamiyan Buddhas

Landscape photograph of the male Buddha niche in Bamiyan Afghanistan on May 6, 2005. The 1,500-year Buddhas were carved into sandstone cliffs but were destroyed in 2001 by the hardline Islamist Taliban regime for being {quote}un-Islamic{quote}.
Bamiyan Buddhas

Landscape photograph of the male Buddha niche in Bamiyan Afghanistan on May 6, 2005. The 1,500-year Buddhas were carved into sandstone cliffs but were destroyed in 2001 by the hardline Islamist Taliban regime for being "un-Islamic".