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Bamiyan, the rockwall with the statues of Buddha in 1977 before the great loss, Bamyan, Afghanistan, 1977

Bamiyan, the rockwall with the statues of Buddha in 1977 before the great loss

1977 Bamyan, Afghanistan

The rock wall of the Bamiyan valley holding the Buddha statues, photographed in 1977, decades before the Taliban destroyed the colossal figures in 2001.

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