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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Thomas H. Maugh / The Bulletin
April 26, 2008
The technique of painting in oils was developed in Asia as much as 800 years before it appeared in Europe, according to a new analysis of murals found inside caves at Bamiyan in Afghanistan.
Bamiyan has become notorious because the Taliban blew up two colossal statues of Buddha there in 2001.....