{"id":1293,"date":"2013-11-04T15:13:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T15:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebackpackingbear.com\/blog\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2015-01-30T15:44:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T15:44:48","slug":"joe-louis-looks-off-the-roof-of-thagyar-hit-phaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backpackingbear.com\/blog\/joe-louis-looks-off-the-roof-of-thagyar-hit-phaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Louis looks off the roof of Thagyar Hit Phaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>See what other blogs are saying about the Thagyar Hit Phaya temple:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rising from the plain\u2019s canopy of green are temples, dozens of them, hundreds of them, beautiful, other-worldly silhouettes that were built by the kings of Bagan between 1057 and 1287, when their kingdom was swept away by earthquakes and Kublai Khan and his invading Mongols. 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