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Borobudur’s significance declined sharply, not only from volcanic damage but also due to the fall of its patron dynasty and ...

Walk the same path as the bupati who first discovered Borobudur at Le Temple, an Indonesian retreat where ancient history and ...

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This famous Buddhist temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, is located in central Java. It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a cone ...

It took the visitor a few minutes to realize that he was being followed, by a policeman, no less. The visitor was on foot, the policeman on a slow-moving bicycle, watching every move made by the ...

This head of the Buddha originally comes from a statue in Borobudur in Java. Borobudur is one of the largest Buddhist monuments in the world, containing around 500 statues of the Buddha. The monument ...

Sat, January 20, 2018 Published on Jan. 19, 2018 Published on 2018-01-19T17:28:25+07:00 he University of Indonesia’s (UI) archaeology professor, Agus Aris Munandar, said there needed to be a thorough ...

Workers cover the stupa at Borobudur temple with tarpaulin for prevention of an anticipated volcanic eruption of Mount Merapi in Magelang, central Java, Indonesia, Nov. 12, 2020. (Photo by Joni/Xinhua ...