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Title: Back to Bagan.(Focus On Archaeology)(Burma's archaeological sites)
Author: Julie Skurdenis
Publication: International Travel News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2004
Publisher: Martin Publications, Inc.
Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Page: 99(5)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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I am standing atop Bulethi Pagoda in Bagan, Burma's most important archaeological site. I've huffed and puffed up a steep staircase to the uppermost platform encircling the structure. The platform is narrow--only three feet wide--and I lean back against the stone to steady myself as I gaze out over the plain far below me.
No exaggeration--I am surrounded by an archaeological sea of stone temples and pagodas, literally hundreds of them dotting the eastern shore of Burma's greatest river, the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy). But even those I see spread out below me are only a small portion of the total number.
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