moreinfo@3dsystems.com www.3dsystems.com © Copyright 2014 by 3D Systems Corporation. All rights reserved. 3D Systems’ Geomagic Studio and ColorJet 3D Printers Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Past In the sandstone cliffs circling the Valley of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, two enormous, conspicuous niches stare out from the rock. They were once the homes of the Buddhas of Bamiyan: two colossal buddhas that monks carved out of the stone and coated with stucco. The larger of the two measured 53 meters tall, and the smaller one came in at 35 meters tall. Examples of Gandhara art, the statues, built in 554 AD and 507 AD, respectively, were reminders of one of the world’s great civilizations and were once the largest standing buddha carvings on the planet. But on March 12, 2001, explosive

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