{"id":230,"date":"2012-04-14T17:27:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T12:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=230"},"modified":"2013-01-23T11:20:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T06:50:48","slug":"the-museum-with-a-thousand-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=230","title":{"rendered":"The Museum with a Thousand Faces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban put a lot of effort into destroying human images and the collection at the Kabul Museum suffered greatly as a result. There is, however, still an incredible collection of Buddhist materials that have survived 16 or 17 centuries which will make a trip down Darul Aman Road worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-232\" title=\"Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-13-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-13-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-13-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-13-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-32.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-233\" title=\"Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-32-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-32-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-32-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-32-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-33.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-234\" title=\"Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-33-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-33-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-33-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-33-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-37.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-235\" title=\"Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-37-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-37-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-37-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-37-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-38.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-236\" title=\"Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-38.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-38-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-38-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-38-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-38-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-41.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-237\" title=\"Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-41.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-41-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-41-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-41-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-41-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is even a miniature reproduction of one of the giant Buddhas at Bamiyan that were lost to the world in March of 2001. Take a look over your shoulder as you are purchasing tickets for admission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-Bamiyan-mini-46.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231\" title=\"Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-Bamiyan-mini-46.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-Bamiyan-mini-46-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-Bamiyan-mini-46-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-Bamiyan-mini-46-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Kabul-Museum-07-Apr-12-Bamiyan-mini-46-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban put a lot of effort into destroying human images and the collection at the Kabul Museum suffered greatly as a result. 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