Burma’s ancient royal capital, Bagan, is home to more than 3,000 temples and shrines – a treasure of archaeology and architectural history. Burma’s government wants it recognized as a UNESCO World ...

BAGAN, Myanmar (AP) — It was a time of conquest and conversions. Above all, it was a time of construction, on a scale never seen before. Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the rulers of ...

Take a flight of discovery high above the ancient plains of Old Bagan, Myanmar, where thousands of centuries-old temples and ...

BAGAN, Myanmar (Reuters) - Truckloads of soldiers and squadrons of police sealed off some of the centuries-old Buddhist pagodas around Myanmar's ancient capital of Bagan on Thursday, a day after at ...

BAGAN, Myanmar — Mr. Aye has a round, aged face and a wide, betel-nut-stained smile. Like many Burmese, he punctuates his speech with giggling, which can be alarming to a Westerner. “Just three years ...

BAGAN, Myanmar (AP) — Using brooms and their hands, soldiers and residents of an ancient Myanmar city famous for its historic Buddhist temples began cleaning up debris Thursday from a powerful ...

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 ...

There are close to 4,000 temples in Bagan, which is located in Myanmar. Photo Credit: Meagan Drillinger Bagan might be one of the most magical places on Earth: a real-life Narnia, where a seemingly ...

Just hours after the devastating earthquake that hit central Italy this past Wednesday another powerful, unrelated, quake devastated central Myanmar, causing at least four deaths and damaging nearly ...

Reporting from Bagan, Myanmar — — As I sat on a high ledge of the 734-year-old Mingalarzedi Temple, looking out over the hundreds of ancient temples around Bagan, I wondered how long it would ...

BAGAN, Myanmar — Well before dawn tourists begin climbing the steep steps of an ancient Buddhist temple, their cameras at the ready to capture first light over the remains of Bagan. It's an awesome ...

BAGAN, Myanmar (AP) — It was a time of conquest and conversions. Above all, it was a time of construction, on a scale never seen before. Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the rulers of ...