
BAGAN, MYANMAR—Torrential rains have reportedly damaged several ancient pagodas in the ancient city of Bagan. “It’s due to weak points of the original architectural style. [Erosion] used to occur there every rainy season. But [the affected area] is not very big, just a foot wide in damage,” said an unnamed official from the Bagan Archaeological Research Department about the damage to the red-brick Htilominlo Pagoda, which was constructed in the early thirteenth century.