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Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
The two pieces of the 800-year-old sculpture were discovered roughly 160 feet away from each other at the Ta Prohm Temple in ...
After 98 Years, Archaeologists Found the Missing Torso of an Ancient Buddha Statue
While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a ...
Giant statue of ancient Buddhist monk in southwest Japan cleansed ahead of spring festival
One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi ...
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Buddha Statue Reunited with Head Found in 1927
Torso of Buddha statue unearthed at Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia. TA PROHM, CAMBODIA—Archaeologists discovered the torso of a ...
Homeless menace accused of vandalizing 6 NYC temples – even hurling Buddha statue out window – set free in court: DA
Taihong Ouyang, 49 – who faces hate crime burglary and criminal mischief charges – was granted supervised release as he ...
Man faces hate crime charges for temple attacks in NYC's Chinatown
A man is facing charges after allegedly breaking into several temples in New York City's Chinatown and damaging religious ...
South Korea's centuries-old Gounsa temple is left in ruins by unprecedented wildfires
Uprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea's southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist ...
Wildfires Ravage South Korea, Killing 24 People And Destroying 1,300-Year-Old Temple
The death toll included a pilot who died after a helicopter crashed during efforts to contain wildfires in one of the areas ...
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Man arrested after multiple Buddhist temples in Lower Manhattan vandalized
At the core of Buddhism is the teaching of non-violence, but someone took a violent path to a handful of beautiful Buddhist ...
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South Korea’s Worst Ever Wildfires Ravage Ancient Buddhist Temples and Menace Historic Villages
“I feel really empty. Life is transient.” Emergency workers saved precious artifacts, including a golden Buddha statue, from the Gounsa Temple site. Korea Heritage Service Doryun explains that ...