BBC NEWS | South Asia | Oil painting 'originated in East'Painting with oils was taking place in what is now Afghanistan centuries before such techniques were known to Europeans, researchers say. French-based scientists have been investigating cave paintings at the ancient complex of Bamiyan. Until 2001 two vast 6th-Century Buddhas stood at Bamiyan. Then they were blown up by Afghanistan's then-Taleban government as un-Islamic. Behind the Buddhas was a n
