[Book] Wider Bagan: Ancient and Living Buddhist Traditions
New book on Bagan by Prof. Elizabeth Moore published by ISEAS.
Tag: Bagan (site)
Unesco World Heritage site in the Mandalay region of central Myanmar. It was the seat of the Bagan empire from the 11th-13th centuries. Burmese: ပုဂံ
Tourist scarcity prompts Bagan hot-air balloonists to suspend services
via Mizzima, 26 February 2023: Due to a sharp decline in foreign tourists after the 2021 Myanmar coup, only one ...
Thousands of Buddhist temples filled this sacred skyline
via National Geographic, 16 December 2022: A feature on Bagan.
China donates lighting equipment for Myanmar’s Shwezigon Pagoda
via Xinhua, 29 November 2022: Chinese aid towards the Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan.
[Book] Asia-Pacific heritage conservation benefits from ‘cultural landscape’ approach
via Phys.org, 1 August 2022: A new book edited by Silva et al. looks at the cultural landscape approach to ...
Amid Conflict, Travel Flickers Back to Life in Myanmar
via The Diplomat, 16 June 2022: It looks like tourism in Myanmar is starting to reopen, but in the light ...
Rare Sculptures Stolen From World Heritage Site in Myanmar
via The Irrawady, 21 April 2022: Reports of sculptures stolen from Bagan.
Over 300 lectures in the Online Lecture Library (Feb 2022 update)
This month's additions include the presentations from December's SPAFACON which have pushed the toal number of lectures to over 300! ...
[Paper] Finding the remains of classical Bagan’s peri-urban support population: using ethnoarchaeological data to enhance archaeological excavation and interpretation
via World Archaeology, 22 January 2022: A new paper by Iannone at al. merging ethnoarchaeology with settlement patterns in Bagan.
[Webinar] Recent Research in Myanmar: Bagan sculpture and art
On Friday, I will be hosting a SPAFA SESH with two colleagues from Myanmar talking about Bagan Sculpture and Art. ...
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