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Re: Bamiyan Buddhas
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lugnet.build.ancient
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Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:40:18 GMT
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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 it.) It occurs to me that perhaps he also has
photographs...
In lugnet.build.ancient, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> 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
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> What a great opportunity to rebuild them out of LEGO!
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> (Sorry, I know, I should be more sombre. ;) )
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> LFB
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