The statues were hewn out of solid rock.

这些雕像是在实心岩石上凿出来的。

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It was carved in rock and had on the outside four large stone statues, each of which was 20 metres high.

它是被雕刻在岩石上的，在它表面有四个大石雕像，每个都高达20米。

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It was carved in rock and had on the outside four large statues and each of them was 20 meters high.

它是被雕刻在岩石上的，在它表面有四个大石头雕像，每个都高达20米。

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From the South Gate of Geumjeongsan, you can extend your walk to take in Seokbulsa Temple, with its Buddhist statues built into the rock face and panoramic views over the city.

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The archaeologist says the third statue - dubbed the Sleeping Buddha because it is shown reclining - is hidden in the shadow of the rock niches which housed the other two statues.

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It was here, in March, 2001, that the Taliban, in the high fever of their zealotry, demolished two magnificent statues of the Buddha that had been carved out of the rock escarpments of the Hindu Kush, fourteen hundred years before.

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