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Re: Bamiyan Buddhas
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Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:41:17 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Erik Olson writes:
There is talk starting about rebuilding the Bamiyan Buddhas:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/NEWS/04/18/afghanistan.sculptor.ap/index.html

Quote:
"They didn't understand that these statues don't belong to the Taliban. They
belong to Afghanistan, to human history."
--Amanulah Haiderzad, sculptor

   What a great opportunity to rebuild them out of LEGO!

   (Sorry, I know, I should be more sombre.  ;) )

   LFB



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I hadn't got much further than collecting photos. There were several articles about Bamiyan in the past two years of _Minerva_, a journal of ancient art and archaeology. The editor made one remark I'd like to bring up here (I'll have to retrieve (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)

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There is talk starting about rebuilding the Bamiyan Buddhas: (URL) didn't understand that these statues don't belong to the Taliban. They belong to Afghanistan, to human history." --Amanulah Haiderzad, sculptor (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)

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