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Vandalized works of art

  • Cultural RevolutionOn the 16th of May 1966, an expanded session of the Politburo convened in Beijing to discuss a document prepared with Mao Zedong's personal supervision.
  • Buddhas of BamiyanThe Bamiyan Valley sits at an elevation of 1,800 meters in the Hindu Kush mountains. Here, two monumental Buddhist reliefs were carved possibly around the…