Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (UNESCO/NHK)
The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic and religious developments which from the 1st to the 13th centuries characterized ancient Bakhtria, integrating various cultural influences into the Gandhara school of Buddhist art. The area contains numerous Buddhist monastic ensembles and sanctuaries, as well as fortified edifices from the Islamic period. The site is also testimony to the tragic ...
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[UNESCO] Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley have been inscribed in World Heritage list in 2003.
The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic and religious developments which from the 1st to the 13th centuries characterized ancient Bakhtria, integrating various cultural influences into the Gandhara school of Buddhist art. The area contains numerous Buddhist monastic ensembles and sanctuaries, as well as fortified edifices from the Islamic period. The site is also testimony to the tragic destruction by the Taliban of the two standing Buddha statues, which shook the world in March 2001.
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Enclosed between the high mountains of the Hindu Kush in the central highlands of Afghanistan, the Bamiyan Valley opens out into a large basin bordered to the north by a long, high stretch of rocky cliffs. The Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley comprise a serial property consisting of eight separate sites within the Valley and its tributaries. Carved into the Bamiyan Cliffs are the two niches of the giant Buddha statues (55m and 38m high) destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, and numerous caves forming a large ensemble of Buddhist monasteries, chapels and sanctuaries along the foothills of the valley dating from the 3rd to the 5th century C.E. In several of the caves and niches, often linked by galleries, there are remains of wall paintings and seated Buddha figures. In the valleys of the Bamiyan's tributaries are further groups of caves including the Kakrak Valley Caves, some 3km south-east of the Bamiyan Cliffs where among the more than one hundred caves dating from the 6th to 13th centuries are fragments of a 10m tall standing Buddha figure and a sanctuary with painted decorations from the Sasanian period. Along the Fuladi valley around 2km southwest of the Bamiyan Cliffs are the caves of Qoul-i Akram and Lalai Ghami, also containing decorative features.
Punctuating the centre of the valley basin to the south of the great cliff are the remains of the fortress of Shahr-i Ghulghulah. Dating from the 6th to 10th centuries CE, this marks the original settlement of Bamiyan as stopping place on the branch of the Silk Route, which linked China and India via ancient Bactria. Further to the east along the Bamiyan Valley are the remains of fortification walls and settlements, dating from the 6th to 8th centuries at Qallai Kaphari A and B and further east still (around 15km east of the Bamiyan Cliffs) at Shahr-i Zuhak, where the earlier remains are overlaid by developments of the 10th to 13th centuries under the rule of the Islamic Ghaznavid and Ghorid dynasties.
The Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic and religious developments which from the 1st to the 13th centuries characterised ancient Bactria, integrating various cultural influences into the Gandharan school of Buddhist art. The numerous Buddhist monastic ensembles and sanctuaries, as well as fortified structures from the Islamic period, testify to the interchange of Indian, Hellenistic, Roman, Sasanian and Islamic influences. The site is also testimony to recurring reactions to iconic art, the most recent being the internationally condemned deliberate destruction of the two standing Buddha statues in March 2001.
Criterion (i): The Buddha statues and the cave art in Bamiyan Valley are an outstanding representation of the Gandharan school in Buddhist art in the Central Asian region.
Criterion (ii):The artistic and architectural remains of Bamiyan Valley, an important Buddhist centre on the Silk Road, are an exceptional testimony to the interchange of Indian, Hellenistic, Roman and Sasanian influences as the basis for the development of a particular artistic expression in the Gandharan school. To this can be added the Islamic influence in a later period.
Criterion (iii):The Bamiyan Valley bears an exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition in the Central Asian region, which has disappeared.
Criterion (iv): The Bamiyan Valley is an outstanding example of a cultural landscape which illustrates a significant period in Buddhism.
Criterion (vi): The Bamiyan Valley is the most monumental expression of the western Buddhism. It was an important centre of pilgrimage over many centuries. Due to their symbolic values, the monuments have suffered at different times of their existence, including the deliberate destruction in 2001, which shook the whole world.
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World-famous Buddhas of Bamiyan resurrected in Afghanistan
World-famous Buddhas of Bamiyan resurrected in Afghanistan
Fourteen years after the Taliban dynamited the world-famous Buddhas of Bamiyan, the giant statues were resurrected with 3D light projection technology in the empty cavities where they once stood in Afghanistan.
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Fourteen years after the Taliban dynamited the world-famous Buddhas of Bamiyan, the giant statues were resurrected with 3D light projection technology in the empty cavities where they once stood in Afghanistan.
The project was undertaken by a Chinese couple who used 3D laser light projection technology to fill the empty cavities in the cliff in the Bamiyan Valley in Hazarajat with Buddha's virtual images, 230 km northwest of Kabul.
The couple - Janson Yu and Liyan Hu - were saddened by the destruction of the two statues which were carved during the 6th century and decided to undertake the project.
They took permission both from the Afghan government and UNESCO to bring the statues back for one night only in the empty cavities in the cliff.
The event on June 7 saw projectors displaying huge holographic statues of the exact size of the precious cultural monuments that were lost, accompanied by music.
The projections were not widely publicised, but over 150 people came to see the spectacle. Crowds remained well into the night and some people played music while others looked on, a journalist, who witnessed the show, was quoted as saying by The Atlanic.
Both Standing Buddhas - 115 ft and 174 ft tall - were carved out of sandstone cliffs and stood at one point painted and gilded. They managed to survive for more than 1500 years.
But the Taliban dynamited and destroyed them in March 2001 as part of a campaign to remove all non-Islamic art from Afghanistan.
The statues were among the most famous cultural landmarks of the region, and the site was listed by Unesco as a World Heritage Site along with the surrounding cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley.
Japan and Switzerland, among others, have pledged support for the rebuilding of the statues.
Afghanistan Taliban Muslims destroying Bamiyan Buddha Statues.
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
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The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic and religious developments which from the 1st to the 13th centuries characterized ancient Bakhtria, integrating various cultural influences into the Gandhara school of Buddhist art. The area contains numerous Buddhist monastic ensembles and sanctuaries, as well as fortified edifices from the Islamic period. The site is also testimony to the tragic destruction by the Taliban of the two standing Buddha statues, which shook the world in March 2001.
BAMYAN ANCIENT SITES
د بامیان ولایت د لرغونو اثارو په درلودلو سره نړیوال شهرت لري. خو د کارپوهانو په اند ددې ولایت لرغوني اثار د نه پاملرنې په وجه د له مینځه تللو په حال کې دي.
MENTAL EXPLORATION 198 - ARCHEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF THE BAMIYAN VALLEY, AFGANISTAN
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND ARCHEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF THE BAMIYAN VALLEY, AFGANISTAN
Historic footage of Bamiyan statues
A sequence on the Bamiyan statues from Adventure in Afghanistan from Hal, Halla and David Linker's television travelogue series, The Wild, the Weird, and the Wonderful, circa 1973. The Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003; it is noted as being a World Heritage Site in Danger. The film clip is from the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution collection of historical moving images.
Stereo-Satellite Imagery for Management of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Jam and Bamiyan
High-Remote sensing techniques for the management of cultural heritage sites in Afghanistan have been applied successfully in recent years. The method proved to be applicable and very useful especially in conditions were access to the cultural properties is limited due to security reasons. We present our results from the two UNESCO World Heritage sites of Afghanistan, the Cultural Landscape and the Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley as well as the Minaret of Jam. The stereo-satellite imagery of GeoEye-1 and WorldView sensors have been acquired with a GSD of around 0,5m in order to prepare precise topographic map material. GPS measurements were carried out for surveying GCPs for image georeferencing as well as for the construction of the DEM to be used for ortho-rectification procedures. Based on this data a clarification of property boundaries could be achieved and cultural landscape elements accurately identified and mapped. The resulting maps will serve as a planning base for future development activities as well as for river management studies, all part of protection schemes supporting long-term management efforts to preserve these sites.
Full title: Stereo-Satellite Imagery for Management of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Jam and Bamiyan (Afghanistan)
(Georgios Toubekis, Michael Jansen, Albert Moll, Jarke Matthias)
Bamiyan's ancient cave dwellings shelter homeless Afghans
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On the same sandstone cliffs that once sheltered the giant Buddhas blown up by the Taliban in 2001, hundreds of man-made caves have become makeshift homes for poor families who have nowhere else to go. Duration: 02:26
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Afghanistan's Bamiyan site threatened again
Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan, a UNESCO world heritage site, once boasted two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff. Testament to the country's rich history as part of an ancient travel route from China and India to the West, the statues were destroyed by the Taliban.
Now, a renowned Afghan archaeologist has raised concern about unregulated development in the area, which he says threatens other ancient Buddhist structures and artefacts thought to be buried there.
Bernard Smith reports from Bamiyan.
Bamiyan in My Heart
Bamian in My Heart is a series of original documentaries that examine the cultural and historical significance of the famous Bamiyan valley in Afghanistan. In this segment, a Bamiyan tour guide and local resident takes the viewer through the history of the Bamiyan valley, from the earliest visits of Buddhists to the tragic destruction of the Buddhas.
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Bamiyan Graduates final engl. 2018
Bamiyan Graduates final engl. 2018
The Lost Buddhas of Afghanistan (before 1 March 2001)
producer credit: David Adam
excerpt from: Journeys to the Ends of the Earth - The Lost Buddhas of Afghanistan, length 50m30s
They were dynamited and destroyed in March 2001 by the Taliban
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Celebrating culture in Bamiyan |???????? NATO in Afghanistan
A festival held in Bamiyan pays homage to the history and culture of the region, particularly its most famous site, the Buddhas, which were destroyed by the Taliban, 12 years ago.
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