7Buddhist remains of Bamiyan, Afghanistan

In 2001, six months before the 9/11 attacks, the world was horrified by reports that the Taliban had destroyed the seventh-century Buddhas of Bamiyan — a pair of immense statues hand-carved from sandstone cliff faces.

While the Buddhas themselves have been reduced to rubble, the colossal niches in which they stood still exist and are spectacular in their own right.

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