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MW's Buddhas of Bamiyan

Carved from Sandstone cliffs in the province of Bamiyan in Afghanistan, the Buddhas of Bamiyan were two enormous Buddha statues, accompanied by many more smaller statues. The statues were declared false idols by the Taliban-led government in 2001, which ordered their destruction. In March that year, the statues were dynamited. Fortunately, legends still survive about other large statues in the area, including a legendary 300 metre giant. Indeed, an 18 metre reclining buddha has been discovered. Also in the area are the world's oldest Oil Paintings, dated to the fifth century CE, the same time as the statues were constructed. Ingame, the Buddhas of Bamiyan provide +1 Faith from Desert tiles and contain a slot for a Great Work of Art or Artifact, while it must be built in a city on or next to a desert tile after Engineering has been researched.

Requires the Brave New World expansion pack, and credit to co-author Sukritact for the icon