One of the most extraordinary sites in China is officially open again for visitors after a six-month closure, and it’s definitely worthy of going on your bucket list. The 1,300-year-old statue is a ...

The military-controlled government of strife-torn Myanmar on Friday showed off a new giant statue of a sitting Buddha that is scheduled to be consecrated on Aug. 1, a powerful symbol of nationalism in ...

Amid the ongoing civil war and turmoil in Burma, also known as Myanmar, the military-controlled government proudly unveiled a new massive sitting Buddha statue on Friday. The statue, scheduled to be ...

Salem's second-most-famous statue is stored like giant pieces of a puzzle at an undisclosed location, no longer accessible to the public. But it will be again. That is the official word from the Kwan ...

Archaeologists in Thailand uncovered 33 ancient gold, silver, and bronze treasures beneath a 1,300-year-old reclining Buddha statue. They found rare repoussé metal sheets depicting Buddha and ...

Start your biking adventure from Changhua’s iconic Big Buddha statue Sponsor Content Paid for by Taiwan Tourism The phrase “looking at the world through another’s eyes” has new meaning from inside the ...

On August 18, 2020, flood waters threatened the Leshan Giant Buddha following heavy rains in Leshan in China's southwestern Sichuan province, where thousands of residents have been displaced by rising ...

Floods in southern China have caused water from the Yangtze River to rise and reach the toes of a famous towering statue of the Buddha — reportedly for the first time in decades. Leshan’s Giant Buddha ...

Tokyo is a fascinating city. It's simultaneously old and new. Skyscrapers, neon-lit streets and alleys, commercial enters and ...

At Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia, a statue’s head was reunited with its body after nearly a century apart. Simone Dinoia via Unsplash The pieces of a disarticulated statue of Buddha have been reunited ...