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Ruta Del Sillar, Arequipa, Peru: Young woman hiking in Ruta Del Sillar. With an extension of 2 km in length, visitors can experience a number of sculptures, shields, utensils and many other pieces of sillar. The material from Ruta Del Sillar is being used in Arequipa which is a city known for its buildings made out of the white lavastone.

A small village between Chaghcharan and the Minaret of Jam, Ghor Province in Afghanistan - August 23 2005: Three young women in traditional clothes run across a field to their home in a remote part of Central Afghanistan.

Bamyan Buddha from the Ruins of a nearby village

Remote buildings in mountains near Bedel pass, Kyrgyzstan

Gautama Buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamiyan, Afghanistan.

Old Nisa, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: ancient Parthian settlement, first seat of the Arsacid Empire - UNESCO World Heritage Site - aka Parthaunisa, Nusay. The earliest traces of human activity at the site of Nisa date back to the 4th-2nd millennia BC. In the 1st millennium BC. a fairly large settled settlement already existed According to legend, during the time of Darius Hystaspes (VI century BC), the settlement became a border fortress, which blocked the path of warlike nomads invading from the north.

$Bamyan, Afghanistan - February 15: Now back in charge of Afghanistan and the new regime, they are eager to present a softer image, now Taliban are running the site as a tourist attraction. But only for men as the Sharia law women are not allowed to visit tourist sites, the same law already applied to Band-E Amir the National Park of Afghanistan and Paghman Valley witnessed the disappearance of women also. A group of Taliban has been appointed to these locations by the Ministry of virtue and prevention of vice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to prevent women from entering these places and encourage youngsters to grow beard.\n\nAfter taking Afghanistan in their hand they officially launched construction work on a complex beside the cliff where the Buddha is, this action can cause huge and permanent damage to the heritage site, They are taking action to rebuild a market from the past which was destroyed in the civil war of the 1990s, their plan includes to build a tourist attraction centre with handcraft shops, restaurants, hotels and parking for them. Bamyan, Afghanistan - February 15$

$The Yellow River Stone forest is located in Jingtai County, Baiyin City,\n Gansu Province, with a total area of about 50 square kilometers. It was formed 2.1 million years ago. Its formation and evolution clearly record the changes of the paleogeographic environment in this region since the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is a comprehensive geological heritage integrating geomorphology, geological structure, natural landscape and human history. It is a geological heritage nature reserve of Gansu Province, a national geopark, and a famous tourist attraction in China.$

Caves in the mountain, Bamyan, Afghanistan

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Camels on mountain lake shore (Orto-Tokoy reservoir, Naryn region, Kyrgyzstan)

Bamyan (Bamiyan) in Central Afghanistan. This is a view over the Bamyan (Bamiyan) Valley showing the small Buddha niche in the cliff. The Buddhas were destroyed by the Taliban. UNESCO site Afghanistan

Flaming Mountains (with a Character sign) at Turpan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.

Ladakh, India - August 2000: Suburbs of Leh, the capital of Ladakh seen from the hilll with ruins of Leh palace in foreground and mountains in background in August 2000.

Ancient Gumusler ruins and the monastery surrounded by walls and caves in Gumusler, Nigde

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Winter mountain view with snowcapped peaks behind pastures

Bamyan (Bamiyan) / Central Afghanistan: A typical local life scene in Afghanistan with a cafe and small stores. The Bamyan (Bamiyan) Buddhas are in the cliff behind (small Buddha niche).

Women in burka walking in front of destroyed Bamyan giant Buddhas

$The Bamiyan Buddhas were two large statues located in Afghanistan, constructed in the 6th to 7th century AD. These statues, made of granite, stood in the city of Bamiyan and were significant cultural symbols. Measuring 38 and 53 meters in height, they were considered masterpieces of Gandhara art.\n\nIn 2001, during the Taliban regime, the statues were deliberately destroyed by military order, sparking widespread international condemnation as a severe act of cultural destruction.$

Tagab, Afghanistan - June 19, 2010: During a winter time, a traditional mud house overlooking mountain range in Afghanistan. This traditional house has been made with mud which is a good insulation material. All the windows are facing south side to gain the maximum amount of sunlight during the winters.

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Deserted mountain landscape under dramatic lighting in the southern Tien Shan. Enylcheck, Kyrgyzstan

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