Gawdawpalin Temple, right, a structure nearly 800 years old, stands among several other pagodas and temples in Bagan, Myanmar, after sunset. #

Details of several of Old Bagan's thousands of ancient religious structures #

The plain of Bagan, photographed during sunrise. Scaffolding has been erected on several structures for repairs following a major earthquake in August 2016. #

Statues stand in the interior of one of the many pagodas in Old Bagan. #

An aerial view of temples and historical pagodas of the Archaeological Zone in Bagan in the early-morning sunlight #

A woman farms in a field in front of the Sulamani Guphaya temple, which was damaged by the 2016 earthquake. #

A woman walks past a pair of overgrown pagodas in Old Bagan. #

Pagodas and temples dot the landscape of the Bagan Archaeological Zone. #

An officer checks the walls inside the damaged Htilominlo Temple on August 25, 2016, after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Bagan. #

Rays of light shine through trees and pagodas in Bagan. #

Hot-air balloons float over ancient temples at sunrise, on December 27, 2016. #

A view of the Dhammayangyi ancient pagoda in Bagan, photographed on July 6, 2019. #

Details of the exterior of a historical temple in the Archaeological Zone, photographed in the early-morning sunlight #

Tourists and locals visit the Tha Mu Hti Temple (right) in Bagan on December 9, 2016. At left is another structure, damaged by the 2016 earthquake. #

A man stands in the shadow of an arch at the ancient Sinphyushin Temple on August 26, 2016. #

The interior of one of Bagan's smaller pagodas #

Dhammayangyi Temple, the largest temple in Bagan, stands among other pagodas and temples. #

A view of one of Bagan's temples from directly overhead. #

Ancient temples and pagodas in Old Bagan, photographed at sunrise #

Boys apply gold leaf onto a Buddha statue at a temple in Bagan on November 9, 2010. #

Tourists visit Bagan's historical site on December 9, 2016. #

Plants grow on several ancient Bagan pagodas. #

The 12th-century Thatbyinnyu Temple (left) sits among other temples in Old Bagan, as seen from the air. #

People are transported in a cattle-drawn cart as they pass in front of the ancient pagodas at Bagan, Myanmar, on February 3, 2014. #