Rediscovering Ancient Asia: Bagan, Myanmar

Overview

Glittering gold towers, beautiful symmetrical temples, gigantic statues of Buddha. This is scenery from the ancient ruins of Bagan, Myanmar’s first dynasty. At the site where its capital was once located, 3,000 pagodas and temples remain to this day. How were so many structures made? Today, the latest studies have revealed the existence of an amazing system that prevented wealth from concentrating among the privileged in this ancient city.