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Multi-periodSite Name: Buddhas of BamiyanCountry: Afghanistan
NOTE: This site is 237.979 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Bamyan Nearest Village: Bamyan
Latitude: 34.832042N Longitude: 67.826803E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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In March 2001 the 2 monumental sandstone/stucco buddha statues of Bamiyan were destroyed by the Islamist Taliban group. The bigger statue was 55m high, the smaller 37m high. They belonged to the Gandhara art style. The smaller was built in 507 CE, the larger in 554 CE. Until being blown up the Statues were the largest standing statues in the world.
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