The two pieces of the 800-year-old sculpture were discovered roughly 160 feet away from each other at the Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia ...

Though sandstone succumbs easily to the chisel, it erodes quickly in rain. The survival of this Buddha and its grottoes, like ...

Over the centuries, the cultural treasures grew in number. The most remarkable is the Giant Buddha of Leshan, carved out of a hillside in the 8th century and looking down on the confluence of three ...

Buddha statues as decor have been growing more popular recently. They're favorite items for people who like ...

There’s a hidden spot in Montana where exactly 1,000 white Buddha statues stand in perfect formation. Just off the highway ...

Two giant cavities about a half-mile apart in the rock face mark the sites where two huge sixth-century statues of the Buddha, destroyed a decade ago by the Taliban, stood for 1,500 years.

A 20-meter-tall Maitreya Buddha statue in the Mekong Delta has been recognized as one of the world's most impressive giant Buddha statues by British travel magazine Wanderlust. The 250-ton statue is ...

NAY PYI TAW (Xinhua): After more than three years of construction, Myanmar is preparing to unveil a giant sitting marble statue of Lord Buddha in its capital Nay Pyi Taw on Aug. 1, the Information ...

When he and Kazumi Minowa, 51, first took on the annual duty, “we had no idea how to clean the statue and faced many difficulties, like our bodies being rolled and blown around by the wind ...

The giant Buddha statue is carved into a cliff of sandy rocks ... A serene smile graces his face as he rests his left hand on his knee and raises his right palm outward in a gesture said to ...