The New York Times recently ran stories about U.S.- and U.N.-funded rebuilding of ruined treasures of the ancient world. One, titled ”The Reach of War; From Ruins of Afghan Buddhas, a History Grows” decried the Taliban’s 2001 demolition of the Bamiyan Buddhas, the world’s largest standing statues built 1,500 years ago, carved into a mountainside. […]

