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<blockquote data-quote="MAGONIA" data-source="post: 88395" data-attributes="member: 162">[MEDIA=youtube]0BsqvtiReok[/MEDIA][ATTACH]19861[/ATTACH]Bamiyan Buddhas (Afghanistan): Carved into a cliff face in the 6th century, the two giant statues stood for over 1,400 years until the Taliban destroyed them with dynamite in March 2001, calling them idolatrous.[ATTACH]19862[/ATTACH]Egyptian statue, defaced (nose/face removed): Many pharaonic statues had their noses and faces deliberately broken off — usually not by foreign invaders but by rival rulers or priests erasing a predecessor&#039;s power, since the nose was believed to let the statue &quot;breathe&quot; and hold its spirit.[ATTACH]19863[/ATTACH]Spanish destruction of Aztec idols: A 19th-century engraving depicting Spanish conquistadors and a friar toppling an Aztec religious statue during the conquest, part of a wider campaign to tear down indigenous temples and replace their imagery with Christianity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MAGONIA, post: 88395, member: 162"] [MEDIA=youtube]0BsqvtiReok[/MEDIA] [ATTACH]19861[/ATTACH] [B]Bamiyan Buddhas (Afghanistan):[/B] Carved into a cliff face in the 6th century, the two giant statues stood for over 1,400 years until the Taliban destroyed them with dynamite in March 2001, calling them idolatrous. [ATTACH]19862[/ATTACH] [B]Egyptian statue, defaced (nose/face removed):[/B] Many pharaonic statues had their noses and faces deliberately broken off — usually not by foreign invaders but by rival rulers or priests erasing a predecessor's power, since the nose was believed to let the statue "breathe" and hold its spirit. [ATTACH]19863[/ATTACH] [B]Spanish destruction of Aztec idols:[/B] A 19th-century engraving depicting Spanish conquistadors and a friar toppling an Aztec religious statue during the conquest, part of a wider campaign to tear down indigenous temples and replace their imagery with Christianity. [/QUOTE]

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