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Lady wearing a white dress and a hat is exploring the Ayaz Kala fortress, Uzbekistan

Bamyan (Bamiyan) in Central Afghanistan. This is the site of the small Buddha niche with an information sign and workers. The Bamyan (Bamiyan) Buddhas are a UNESCO world heritage site in Afghanistan. (Note: unrecognizable people)

A Hasankeyf scenery. In the near future a bridge will be built in this area and all historical buildings will be underwater, Batman, Turkey

memorable relics from the buddhist era in afghanistan were blown up by the taliban in 2001

$The Yellow River Stone forest is located in Jingtai County, Baiyin City,\n Gansu Province, with a total area of about 50 square kilometers. It was formed 2.1 million years ago. Its formation and evolution clearly record the changes of the paleogeographic environment in this region since the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is a comprehensive geological heritage integrating geomorphology, geological structure, natural landscape and human history. It is a geological heritage nature reserve of Gansu Province, a national geopark, and a famous tourist attraction in China.$

Rocks by the lake. tree reflections falling into the water

Gautama Buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamiyan, Afghanistan.

Caves in the mountain, Bamyan, Afghanistan

Bamyan Buddha from the Ruins of a nearby village

Abandoned town Enylchek in Tien Shan mountains, high-angle view

View landscape and cityscape of Leh Ladakh Village with Himalaya mountain range from viewpoint of Leh Stok Palace while winter season in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Buddha image in Cave 4 at Yungang Grottoes, ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes built during the Northern Wei dynasty near the city of Datong, in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.

Bamyan (Bamiyan) / Central Afghanistan: Three Afghan men sit on a hill looking at the view over Bamyan (Bamiyan) Valley with trees and distant mountains. Bamyan (Bamiyan), Afghanistan.

$Bamyan, Afghanistan - February 15: Now back in charge of Afghanistan and the new regime, they are eager to present a softer image, now Taliban are running the site as a tourist attraction. But only for men as the Sharia law women are not allowed to visit tourist sites, the same law already applied to Band-E Amir the National Park of Afghanistan and Paghman Valley witnessed the disappearance of women also. A group of Taliban has been appointed to these locations by the Ministry of virtue and prevention of vice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to prevent women from entering these places and encourage youngsters to grow beard.\n\nAfter taking Afghanistan in their hand they officially launched construction work on a complex beside the cliff where the Buddha is, this action can cause huge and permanent damage to the heritage site, They are taking action to rebuild a market from the past which was destroyed in the civil war of the 1990s, their plan includes to build a tourist attraction centre with handcraft shops, restaurants, hotels and parking for them. Bamyan, Afghanistan - February 15$