One of the most extraordinary sites in China is officially open again for visitors after a six-month closure, and it’s definitely worthy of going on your bucket list. The 1,300-year-old statue is a ...

The military-controlled government of strife-torn Myanmar on Friday showed off a new giant statue of a sitting Buddha that is scheduled to be consecrated on Aug. 1, a powerful symbol of nationalism in ...

Salem's second-most-famous statue is stored like giant pieces of a puzzle at an undisclosed location, no longer accessible to the public. But it will be again. That is the official word from the Kwan ...

Statues of the Buddha unearthed in central China are leading to new interpretations of the early history of Buddhism in the country. While excavating a late Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 25–220) family ...

Amid the ongoing civil war and turmoil in Burma, also known as Myanmar, the military-controlled government proudly unveiled a new massive sitting Buddha statue on Friday. The statue, scheduled to be ...

Archaeologists in Thailand uncovered 33 ancient gold, silver, and bronze treasures beneath a 1,300-year-old reclining Buddha statue. They found rare repoussé metal sheets depicting Buddha and ...

On August 18, 2020, flood waters threatened the Leshan Giant Buddha following heavy rains in Leshan in China's southwestern Sichuan province, where thousands of residents have been displaced by rising ...

Tokyo is a fascinating city. It's simultaneously old and new. Skyscrapers, neon-lit streets and alleys, commercial enters and ...

Floods in southern China have caused water from the Yangtze River to rise and reach the toes of a famous towering statue of the Buddha — reportedly for the first time in decades. Leshan’s Giant Buddha ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANGKOK (AP) — The military-controlled ...