Back in March 2001 in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, the Taliban destroyed two giant Buddha statues, probably dating from between the middle of the 6th and 7th centuries AD. The destruction of this heritage–a crime against culture–shocked the world. Yet behind the two stone giants, a hidden treasure of a different kind was uncovered: around 50 caves with walls decorated with religious frescoes that must have been made between the 5th and 9th centuries. They represent Buddhas, patterns and scenes related to Buddhist mythology. To the scientists' surprise, some of them are oil paintings–a technique believed to have been born between the 14th and the late 15th century in Flanders and Italy
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