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Buddhas in Bamiyan

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Afghanistan's greatest monument - two giant
Buddhas - were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. But legend has it that there may be a third Buddha in Bamiyan, possibly five times larger than the others.
Lyse Doucet joins Afghanistan's leading archaeologist,
Professor Zemaryalai Tarzi , as he attempts to find the first archaeological evidence of this mythical Buddha, not Seen for 1,000 years. Producer Adele Armstrong

Contributors

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Lyse Doucet
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Professor Zemaryalai Tarzi
Producer:
Adele Armstrong

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