Behind the temple ruins of this ancient Myanmar city, lie tales of drama and inspiration Over 2,200 Buddhist ruins vie for attention in the fields of Myanmar’s ancient city of Bagan. Each seems to ...

Behind the temple ruins of this ancient Myanmar city, lie tales of drama and inspiration Over 2,200 Buddhist ruins vie for attention in the fields of Myanmar’s ancient city of Bagan. Each seems to ...

In this Tuesday, March 14, 2017 photo, hot air balloons are seen just after takeoff to fly over the ancient Myanmar city of Bagan. Balloon flights are a popular tourist activity in the city, which is ...

On the banks of the Irrawaddy River, several hundred miles north of Yangon in Myanmar, lies Bagan — a once secret and all-but-abandoned city, dedicated to Buddha. Covering an area of 40 miles are ...

BAGAN, Myanmar >> It was a time of conquest and conversions. Above all, it was a time of construction, on a scale never seen before. Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the rulers of Bagan ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As I rise from the ground in the basket of a hot-air balloon, dawn is breaking and the first of hundreds of ancient temples comes into view. Through the ...

Chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown is writing from Myanmar (formerly Burma) as part of a new series “Culture at Risk.” Learn more about why Brown is there in his reflections “Is culture at risk in ...

Hot air balloons are seen just after takeoff to fly over the ancient Myanmar city of Bagan on March 14. Balloon flights are a popular tourist activity in the city, which is home to the largest ...

BAGAN, Myanmar (CBS / AP) -- It was a time of conquest and conversions. Above all, it was a time of construction, on a scale never seen before. Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the ...

FILE - In this Tuesday Feb. 24, 2015, file photo, the sun sets behind old temples in Bagan, Myanmar. A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 6.8 shook central Myanmar on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, ...

BAGAN, Myanmar -- It was a time of conquest and conversions. Above all, it was a time of construction on a scale never seen before. Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the rulers of Bagan ...