When the Taliban blew the face off a towering, 1,500-year-old rock carving of Buddha in northwest Pakistan almost five years ago, it fell to an intrepid Italian archaeologist to come to the rescue.

The statue's appeal is reflected in the numbers. According to official data, by Nov 11, the Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area ...

A Buddha statue dating back to the 8th to 10th centuries is carved from a rare iron meteorite. It sounds like a mash-up of Indiana Jones' plots, but German researchers say a heavy Buddha statue ...

SAGYIN, Myanmar (Reuters) – The fine white dust that shrouds much of his northern Myanmar village also covers sculptor Chin Win as he leans over a half-finished Buddha statue. “We are blessed to carve ...

SAGYIN, Myanmar (Reuters) - The fine white dust that shrouds much of his northern Myanmar village also covers sculptor Chin Win as he leans over a half-finished Buddha statue. "We are blessed to carve ...

Archaeologists and cultural activists say Buddhist rock carvings in the Swat district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are fading fast and urgently need a well-thought-out preservation ...

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

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- An ancient 23-foot high Buddha rock carving in northwest Pakistan was damaged by Islamist radicals who tried to destroy it, reports said. The rock carving is ...