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What Archaeologists Are Uncovering About the Buddha in His Legendary Nepali Hometown
Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...
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Around 1,800 years ago, Buddhism had already been in existence for centuries. The historical Buddha was a prince of the Ganges region in North India in the fifth century BC, who abandoned his ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN10d
Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
For nearly a century, the head of a Buddha statue has been kept in the collections of the National Museum of Cambodia. Its ...
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Missing torso of Buddha’s head discovered, solves century-old puzzle
Pending approval, the team plans to reassemble the priceless votive, which exhibits unique characteristics previously unseen by archaeologists, from Cambodia’s rich history. A Buddha ...
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Did Buddha inspire Jesus?
Buddha dies peacefully at the age of 80. Jesus is brutally crucified by Romans. In Buddhist tradition, the historical Buddha is one of several Buddhas, all of whom lived similar lives, sharing the ...
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Archaeologists Celebrate Discovery of Missing 12th-Century Buddha Torso in Cambodia’s Ancient Angkor Temple
Hailed as a ‘significant find,’ the missing and long-searched-for Buddha torso has been dated between the 12th and 13th centuries ...