🇲🇲 Myanmar · Necropolis
Necropolis of Hillfort Bagh
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Necropolis of Hillfort Bagh in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) necropolis attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
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🇲🇲 Myanmar · Necropolis
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Necropolis of Hillfort Bagh in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) necropolis attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Mon foundation legend 6th c. BCE; major form 14th–18th c. CE · Mon-Burmese Theravada Buddhist
Shwedagon Zedi Daw – 112m gilded stupa encrusted with 60 tonnes of gold leaf and 5,448 diamonds (76-carat crown), enshrining hairs of Gautama and relics of three prior Buddhas.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Pagan Kingdom 1044–1287 CE (Bagan period 11th–13th century) · Bamar / Burmese Buddhist (Theravada)
Sacred landscape on Irrawaddy River bend with over 2,200 surviving Buddhist temples, stupas and monasteries from 11th–13th century Pagan Kingdom; at peak >10,000 structures, including Ananda,…
