Ancient Buddha paintings uncovered in Nepalese cave

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	Ancient Buddha paintings uncovered in Nepalese cave

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5-6-2007 7:15 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/50fb3bc8-828c-4a83-a262-16aa7013e845/B2F44B71-ED5F-43BB-9BC7-72D59DC7EF03/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/05/06/buddha-paintings-nepal.html" href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/05/06/buddha-paintings-nepal.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cbc.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/05/06/buddha-paintings-nepal.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cbc.ca/img/18ADFF90-F79C-424F-8017-47FF5A457149" alt="This photograph shows one of 55 panels depicting the story of Buddha's life found in a remote cave in Nepal. " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/05/06/buddha-paintings-nepal.html"><P>Paintings of Buddha dating back to the 12th century have been found in a secret cave system in a remote area of Nepal, according to a team of international researchers.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/05/06/buddha-paintings-nepal.html">The team of Nepalese, American and Italian archeologists, art experts and climbers said they found a mural with 55 panels portraying Buddha's life in March in Nepal's Mustang area, about 250 kilometres northwest of Kathmandu.
<P>One of the largest panels is 7.6 metres wide while others measure 35 by 43 centimetres.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/05/06/buddha-paintings-nepal.html">A nearby cave contained manuscripts written in Tibetan along with pre-Christian era pottery shards.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/05/06/buddha-paintings-nepal.html"><P>The panels and manuscripts were in a system of caves with multiple floors connected by vertical passages with rough hand and footholds, the team members said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/05/06/buddha-paintings-nepal.html"><P>They had to use ice axes to break through the snow to reach the caves after being tipped off by a sheep herder.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/05/06/buddha-paintings-nepal.html"><P>"It's a compelling, marvellous mystery."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B2F44B71-ED5F-43BB-9BC7-72D59DC7EF03/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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