Afghan Buddha Statues' Impact In Asia. March 2, ... who finally reached the beautiful valley with the peaceful Buddhas making the gesture of reassurance," van Krieken wrote. ...

Notre Dame, the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe and many more. But the Eiffel Tower stands as the iconic landmark of France’s capital—although it’s only been part of the city for 131 years. Designed by ...

Buddha statues have long conveyed the religion’s teachings, according to Surya Das, a Buddhist lama trained in Tibet. “Encoded symbols in the statues were used in a preliterate, oral culture ...

Legs folded, smiling serenely, several Buddha statues of cement and plaster sit unscathed amid collapsed brick walls and other tsunami debris. To many residents, the survival of the 10-foot-high ...

Seventeen national treasures, including the ancient Dong Duong Buddha statue and the oldest wooden Buddha figures in Southeast Asia, are now on display at the HCM City Museum of History.

The Big Buddha looks out over it all, the city’s guardian. The Big Buddha, perched atop Eight Trigram Mountain, was built in 1962 using more than 300 tons of concrete and steel bars on the site ...

Tired of seeing the statue’s significance ignored, he chose to have it scanned in 3-D for the Smithsonian’s digitization project, a process that began in 2011.Now, it is accessible online as ...

Archaeologists have discovered 260 Buddhist statues and a box holding the cremated remains of what appear to be the Buddha in China.

The military-led government of Burma showcased a colossal statue of a sitting Buddha on Friday, set to be consecrated on August 1st, serving as a symbol of nationalism.

WASHINGTON — For nearly nine decades, the Cosmic Buddha statue stood alone at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art. Museum-goers would pass by the headless, handless statue, a relic of sixth ...