A deadly earthquake on March 28 collapsed buildings in central Myanmar but rumours that the country's most sacred Buddhist site has crumbled are inaccurate. An AFP reporter confirmed the Shwedagon ...

The structure is covered in gold plates and topped with a crown containing 4,531 diamonds, including one that weighs 72 ...

The top of Myanmar's Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, to the south-east of Mandalay, has collapsed following a huge earthquake. Onlookers ...

The Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred site in Burma. Its origins can be traced back to the first millennium, when a king was inspired by a legend involving eight strands of Buddha's hair.

Myanmar is trying to come to terms with the ... It is the country's second most important shrine, after the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. Spiritual desolation: Buddhist monks look at a destroyed ...

Photos show the aftermath of a mosque and the Mahamuni Pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar from powerful earthquake.

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive damage in that country and also shook neighbouring Thailand on Friday (March ...

The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar is thought to contain between six and 60 tonnes of gold, according to Fodor's Travel Guide. The reason the exact figure is unknown is because gold has been ...

The top of Myanmar's Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, to the south-east of Mandalay, has collapsed following a huge earthquake. Onlookers can be heard screaming and shouting as part of the building crashed to ...