The investigation of past cultures of the modern nation state of Afghanistan through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).
Sites should be submitted by country according to relevance. Sites should be in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Please suggest sites in other languages to the appropriate category in World.
The Buddhas of Bamyan were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley of central Afghanistan. They were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Japan, Switzerland, and UNESCO, among others, have pledged support for the rebuilding of the statues.