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Amazing example of ancient rock-cut architecture......
Buddha of Bamyan, Bamyan Valley, Afghanistan, 6th century CE. Standing 174 feet tall,it was as an amazing example of ancient rock-cut architecture.
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that is some amazing sh it..
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I wondered about the drilled holes and found this:
Built in the 6th century before Islam had traveled to the central Afghanistan region, the two Buddhas of Bamiyan were famous for their beauty, craftsmanship and of course, size. The taller of the two Buddhas stood at more than 170 feet high, with the second statue at nearly 115 feet. They were once the world’s largest standing Buddhas.
In March 2001 Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar ordered the Buddhas destroyed. They were subsequently blown apart and left in rubble. Locals had been pressed into service by the Taliban in 2001 to destroy the Buddhas. After tank fire failed, the local workers drilled holes, planted dynamite and conducted a series of explosions to bring the giant statues down. "I regretted it at that time, I regret it now and I will always regret it," one of the workers, bike repairman Mirza Hussain, told the BBC in March. "But I could not resist, I didn't have a choice because they would have killed me."
https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-06-...e-returned-3-d
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Created with alien technology... 
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