AVA - UNESCO Resumes Preservation of Afghanistan’s Bamyan Heritage Sites

UNESCO has resumed work on preserving heritage sites in Bamiyan.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, Through an Italian-funded project, UNESCO has reportedly started preserving Bamiyan’s cultural and archaeological sites that were added to the World Heritage in Danger list in 2003.

ART news reported these sites include wall paintings and religious artifacts from the third to the fifth centuries C.E.

“The Bamiyan Valley is the most monumental expression of Western Buddhism. It was an important pilgrimage centre over many centuries,” UNESCO said, adding, “Due to their symbolic values, the monuments have suffered at different times of their existence, including the deliberate destruction in 2001, which shook the whole world.”

Meanwhile, UNESCO has been working on preserving the Minaret of Jam and other sites in Afghanistan, including Kabul, Kandahar, Zabul and Ghazni.