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Бамианская статуя Будды, Bamyan, Afghanistan, 1931

Бамианская статуя Будды

1931 Bamyan, Afghanistan

One of the monumental Buddha statues carved into the sandstone cliffs at Bamyan, photographed in 1931; the statues dated to the 6th century and stood in the valley until their destruction in 2001.

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