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🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Pashto: د باميانو بودايي پژۍ, Dari: تندیسهای بودا در بامیان) were two monumental Buddhist reliefs in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan, carved possibly around the 6th-century.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
The Haji Piyada Mosque (Dari: مسجد حاجى پياده, lit. 'Mosque of the walking pilgrim') or Noh Gonbad Mosque (Dari: مسجد نُهگنبد, lit.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Alexandria Prophthasia (Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια η Προφθασία), also known as Alexandria in Drangiana, was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great.
