San Diego Union-Tribune

Myanmar quake damages nearly 400 ancient temples in Bagan complex

Bangkok, Aug 29 (efe_epa).Bangkok, Aug 29 (efe_epa). — The number of pagodas and stupas damaged in the archeological complex of Bagan in central Myanmar, in the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the ...
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Bagan Archaeological Zone, the ancient temple city of Myanmar

The Bagan Archaeological Zone stands in central Myanmar as one of the most extraordinary ancient landscapes in Southeast Asia. Once the cosmopolitan heart of the Kingdom of Pagan, it became the first ...
Reuters

A decade on, critics decry Bagan facelift

BAGAN, Myanmar (Reuters) - Unfurling a black-and-white drawing of a 700-year-old temple, Aung Chai scans the intricate sketch as diggers expose an ancient wall caked in red mud. Sign up here. "We'll ...
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Myanmar’s temple city Bagan awarded UNESCO World Heritage status

YANGON (Reuters) - UNESCO inscribed Myanmar’s ancient capital of Bagan as a World Heritage Site on Saturday, nearly a quarter of a century after the complex of Buddhist temples was first nominated for ...