The lions, facing in four directions, represent the roaring form of Buddha, spreading his wisdom throughout the world. The four animals on the abacus beneath—elephant, bull, horse and lion—and ...

A child plays on a bike next to a cracked Buddhist lion statue on the outskirts of Mandalay on April 2, 2025, five days after a major earthquake struck central Myanmar. The shallow 7.7-magnitude ...

An ancient Buddha statue from the early Goryeo dynasty was recently discovered at an archaeological site in North Korea. The Goryeo study saw the flourishing of Buddhist art and architecture ...

TA PROHM, CAMBODIA—Archaeologists discovered the torso of a unique Buddha statue at the Ta Prohm Temple complex outside of Siem Reap, according to a statement released by Cambodia’s APSARA ...

The body of the statue is missing its head, feet and right hand. APSARA National Authority For nearly a century, the head of a Buddha statue has been kept in the collections of the National ...

Among the great artistic objects found by chance, one must include the Ashokan Lion Capital at the Archaeological ... By contrast, well-manicured Sarnath, one of Buddhism’s four holy sites ...