So, make it to the top, take a breath and look out into the distance: This is Bagan, capital of a powerful ... it is filled with more than 2,000 temples, pagodas and other religious shrines.

A decade later, Bagan fell. Although many of the temples and pagodas fell into disuse in the following centuries, Bagan resumed importance as a place of Buddhist pilgrimage in the 15th century.

Discover the breathtaking Temples of Bagan—thousands of ancient pagodas rising from the mist, telling stories of Myanmar’s rich history and timeless beauty. Mark Carney Wins Canadian Election ...

A land trip from Yangon to Bagan takes about 10 to 15 hours. Several huge, golden pagodas stand majestically in stark contrast to the dark early-morning sky. Other pagodas, temples and stupas of ...

The people believed in the acquisition of good karma through the construction of pagodas and temples; to build a temple was to earn merit. The ruins of medieval Bagan is called the Bagan ...

Viewing Bagan as a project that could deliver ... hold up the ‘umbrella’ [ornaments that top most Burmese pagodas] of Sulamani temple,” he says. Unsurprisingly, Sulamani was the first ...

“I think such a ban is not the answer to preserve the old temples in Bagan,” he said. “By systematically allowing tourists to clamber over the distinctive landscape of thousands of ...

Bagan is home to more than 2,000 ancient temples and pagodas. // Photo by Nithid/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Bagan is located on an active earthquake zone, although it does not regularly ...

This is not the first time Bagan has been rocked by seismic volatility: in 1975, over half of the estimated 3,000 pagodas and temples the region boasts were damaged in the wake of a 6.5-magnitude ...

Thousands of ancient temples are dotted across the plains ... sent to protect and rebuild the centuries-old Buddhist pagodas around Bagan. The US Geological Survey said the quake struck near ...