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The empty western Buddha niche in June 2012, after the statues’ destruction in 2001 Photo: Sgt. Ken Scar , Public domain Caves cut into the cliffs of the Bamiyan Valley Photo: Flickr user: Tracy Hunter , CC BY 2.0 An archival view of the Buddha niche and caves at Bamiyan Photo: František Řiháček , CC BY-SA 3.0 An empty Buddha niche in the Bamiyan cliffs Photo: Ron Van Oers , CC BY-SA 3.0 igo The empty niche of the smaller Buddha, photographed in June 2012 Photo: Sgt. Ken Scar , Public domain A weathered pinnacle in the Bamiyan Valley Photo: Roland Lin , CC BY-SA 3.0 igo The Bamiyan Valley photographed from the western Buddha in 1962 Photo: Afghanistan in the Early 1960s , CC BY-SA 2.0 An archival panorama of the Bamiyan cliffs Photo: František Řiháček , CC BY-SA 3.0 The archaeological landscape of the Bamiyan Valley Photo: Roland Lin , CC BY-SA 3.0 igo The empty niche of the larger Buddha, photographed in June 2012 Photo: Sgt. Ken Scar , Public domain Make this place part of your story. A compelling personal-list alternative for cultural significance, artistic exchange and the difficult questions of loss and conservation.
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