Afghanistan's First Buddha's

This newly discovered mural is from one of 12 caves in Afghanistan's Bamian Valley found to contain oil- and resin-based paintings.

Scientists say the murals represent the world's earliest known use of oil-based binders in painting.

From:
news.nationalgeographic.com/news....html
posted by Jahvan on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - link to this photo

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