Bamiyan Buddhas: Should They Be Rebuilt?

BBC NEWS
By Stephanie Hegarty

One of the Buddhas was 55 feet tall

AFGHANISTAN---The destruction of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001 led to global condemnation of the Taliban regime. But the decision by Unesco not to rebuild them has not put an end to the debate about their future. But whatever the reason, the Bamiyan Buddhas have captured the international imagination and ideas for what to do with the site still pour in from archaeologists, architects, artists and historians. [link]

Today there is only a shell where once housed a buddha statue