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Researchers 鈥榗lone鈥 lost Afghan treasure
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Japanese researchers have crafted a 鈥渟uper clone鈥 of an Afghan mural destroyed by the Taliban, using a mix of traditional and digital techniques that they hope will salvage the work鈥檚 鈥渟pirit鈥 for future generations.
Not a single fragment remains of the seventh-century cave painting demolished in 2001 along with two massive Buddha statues and other artefacts in Afghanistan鈥檚 Bamiyan Valley, sparking global condemnation.
But a precise replica, the result of three years of state-of-the-art reproduction efforts, went on display at a museum in Tokyo in September and October, just weeks after the Taliban returned to power in Kabul.
The mural on the ceiling of a cave near the famous statues depicted a blue Bodhisattva 鈥 someone on the path to becoming a Buddha.
At 6 meters long and 3 meters high, the intricate full-size copy has been dubbed a 鈥渟uper clone鈥 by the reproduction team at the Tokyo University of the Arts.
鈥淲e have succeeded in recreating a very precise representation in three dimensions,鈥 from its texture to the type of paint, said team co-leader Takashi Inoue.
Japan is a major donor to Afghanistan and has long been involved in heritage protection efforts at Bamiyan, a crossroads of ancient civilizations considered to be one of the birthplaces of Japanese Buddhism. The team digitally processed more than 100 digital photographs taken by Japanese archaeologists.
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