Western Buddha Niche Bamyan
2025 Bamyan, Afghanistan
The western niche in the cliffs of Bamyan, Afghanistan, once held the larger of two monumental Buddha statues, standing about fifty-five meters tall, before the Taliban destroyed both figures in 2001.
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