Ziad Taher

Myanmar earthquake: Reveals a royal palace that has been buried for centuries.

An Overview of a Seismic Find In a remarkable development, a long-lost royal palace said to have been built during the Bagan Kingdom (9th–13th centuries) was unintentionally discovered in central Myanmar following a small earthquake. Near the historic city of Bagan, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake caused modest structural damage but revealed something far more important: intricate carvings, brick walls, and stone foundations that had been hidden beneath the earth for almost 800 years.