Wildfires in South Korea Take 26 Lives, Destroy Buddhist Temple and Heritage Sites
Justin Whitaker
27 March 2025
A seventh-century Buddhist temple was among the historic buildings lost in the fires
Lumbini Development Trust Partners with Singapore-based Organizations to Safeguard Ramagrama Stupa in Nepal
Raymond Lam
18 October 2023
The Nepali government and two Singaporean groups will be working together to preserve one of Nepal’s most important and earliest stupas
Devoted to Dunhuang: Speaking with Song Shuxia of the Dunhuang Research Academy
Raymond Lam
8 May 2023
Dunhuang Research Academy senior figure Song Shuxia discusses the Academy’s visitor management of the Mogao Caves and digitization efforts
Anula Stupa Relics Unearthed: New Excavations Illuminate the Women’s Order in Sri Lanka and Around the World
Raymond Lam
4 January 2023
An archeological story of the only stupa enshrining the relics of an enlightened figure of the Early Buddhist order of female monastics
UPDATE: A Glimmer of Hope for Afghanistan’s 5,000-year-old Mes Aynak Archaeological Site?
Craig C Lewis
28 March 2022
Recent reports offer a possible ray of hope on the outlook for one of the world’s most significant archeological excavations at Mes Aynak, the future
Pilgrimage: Exploring the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang
Samantha Li
27 January 2022
The Mogao Grottoes’ living legacy as sacred space, archeological trove, tourist locale, and conservation site
Bhutan Foundation Documents 20 Buddhist Heritage Sites in Bumthang District
Craig C Lewis
16 July 2021
Some surveyed sites date to as early as the seventh century
Buddhist Heritage Sites Still Neglected in India’s Andhra Pradesh
Dipen Barua
18 September 2020
Archaeology officials call for additional resources to…
Buddhist Heritage, Old and Modern: The Ancient and New Shalban Vihars in Bangladesh
Dipen Barua
28 February 2020
Ancient and contemporary come together in one…
CyArk and Google’s Digital Database Enables VR Exploration of At-risk Heritage Sites
Anne Wisman
25 April 2018
Database part of an initiative to digitally…
Buddhistdoor View: The Case for Rebuilding the Bamiyan Buddhas to Their Original Glory
Buddhistdoor Global
27 January 2017
After a long and difficult journey across the precipices and through the blizzards of the Tian Shan mountain ranges, Xuanzang (fl. c. 602–64) finally reached