Yesterday's Pic
Yesterday I showed a picture of the Bamiyan Valley.
This place was a road for Chinese exchanging silk through to the Roman Empire, back in the day. It was located in the middle east, and was combined into a crazy combination of Persian, Middle East, and Greek influences, Greco-Buddhist.
It was the site of one of the first Buddhist statues, with two huge standing Buddhas - 55 and 37 m, or about a third of the Statue of Liberty. They were a monument, and a World Heritage site. They were a symbol of man's great works towards his ideals, his beliefs, his gods.
Too bad they were located in Afghanistan.
Right before the U.S. invasion, the Taliban blew them up with anti-aircraft missiles. They were idolatrous. Just in case the ensuing combat DIDN'T destroy them, I suppose.
What an age we live in. We can create wonders over years and destroy them in minutes.
Hurray.
This place was a road for Chinese exchanging silk through to the Roman Empire, back in the day. It was located in the middle east, and was combined into a crazy combination of Persian, Middle East, and Greek influences, Greco-Buddhist.
It was the site of one of the first Buddhist statues, with two huge standing Buddhas - 55 and 37 m, or about a third of the Statue of Liberty. They were a monument, and a World Heritage site. They were a symbol of man's great works towards his ideals, his beliefs, his gods.
Too bad they were located in Afghanistan.
Right before the U.S. invasion, the Taliban blew them up with anti-aircraft missiles. They were idolatrous. Just in case the ensuing combat DIDN'T destroy them, I suppose.
What an age we live in. We can create wonders over years and destroy them in minutes.
Hurray.
posted by Marshall McMahon at 6:21 PM
2 Comments:
Very pretty site! Keep working. thnx!
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