Bamiyan Buddhas once glowed in red, white and blue
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 13:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The monumental Buddhas of Bamiyan once shone in glowing colors. Restorers have analyzed hundreds of fragments of the statues that were blow up by the Taliban. They have, for the first time, been able to reliably date the period in which they were sculpted, and have also studied the technically brilliant method of construction. A new process could stabilize the porous rock, paving the way for a reconstruction.