critics worry the temple controversy will be lacquered over as the world rushes to embrace a shiny, new Burma. And if Bagan wins World Heritage status, the increased tourism, if not managed well ...

Myanmar's religious temples stood as symbols of faith and history. After the recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake, many are ...

On the banks of the Irrawaddy River, more than 3,000 temples stretch across a 30-square-mile plain in Bagan, Myanmar (formerly Burma). Most were constructed between 1057 and 1287 during a building ...

World Monuments Fund is investigating the extent of the damage to religious and cultural buildings after the earthquake ...

Regime soldiers have been torching, shelling and firing on villages close to the World Heritage Site since Tuesday, according to locals and resistance groups.

The Mandalay Palace and several Buddhist temples are among the thousands of buildings to have been damaged in Myanmar ...

A powerful 7.7-magnitude Myanmar earthquake caused destruction and loss of life in Mandalay and surrounding regions.

the earthquake epicentre was close to the Unesco World Heritage Site of Bagan. This ancient temple city’s 2,200 11th- to 13th-century monuments sustained significant damage in the country’s ...