Archaeologists discovered an ancient Buddha statue at a North Korean site, which is about a thousand years old. Researchers ...

Have you ever really looked at the face of the Buddha? I hadn’t. Not really. I have seen so many statues and paintings of the Buddha, at monasteries, lhakhangs, temples in Thimphu and all over Bhutan.

brings visitors face-to-face with a magnificent reflection of the legacy: a massive south-facing, 30-meter-high sandstone statue of Shakyamuni Buddha dated to the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

A cliff-face cavity is all that remains of one of two sixth-century Buddha sculptures, sublime expressions of Bamiyan's ancient kingdom. Alex Masi Clad in a safari suit, sun hat, hiking boots and ...