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Friday, November 8, 2013

Buddhist rock carvings at risk

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

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The Buddhist Rock carved statues at Shanglo Bagh in Kokaria village. (UPI Next/Fazal Khaliq)
Archaeologists and cultural activists say Buddhist rock carvings in the Swat district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are fading fast and urgently need a well-thought-out preservation strategy by the province's Archaeology Department to protect them from vandalism.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/10/24/Buddhist-carvings-in-Pakistan-said-to-need-protection/31380219369963/#ixzz2k54if74Z

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