A towering, 27-foot-tall statue of Buddha will stand on Manhattan’s High Line next year as a new art installation in the ...
On the High Line Plinth next spring, the Vietnam-based artist will resurrect an ancient Buddha, destroyed by the Taliban, as ...
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How stealing a Buddha statue made kings legitimate
In 1434, a lightning strike shattered a stupa in Chiang Rai, revealing a luminous green statue — the Emerald Buddha. Over the next centuries, this single object would be captured, moved, hidden, and ...
Come spring 2026, New Yorkers strolling the High Line will encounter a new, towering neighbor with a backstory that stretches ...
Egypt has unveiled two colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Luxor. The alabaster statues, known as the Colossi of ...
An archaeological team has uncovered for the first time more than half of the temple, long buried under River Nile sediment.
Sri Lanka has launched a major project to restore hundreds of Buddhist temples, mosques and churches damaged by a recent ...
TIRANA, Albania — They helped the U.S. military order airstrikes against Taliban and Islamic State fighters and worked as drivers and translators during America's longest war. They were set to start ...
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