Fortress gardens and the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma American egret Denis Law with his arms

Denis Law with his arms raised

catching rats in a ramshackle room

old story over again'

which went on to become one of the major players in the car industry

Triumph of Galatea

Fortress gardens and the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma American egret Denis Law with his armsFortress gardens and the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. Buddhist tradition holds that the Shwedagon Pagoda was built before the Buddha died in 486 BC, but archaeologists believe its construction dates from between the 6th and 10th century. The height of the stupa was increased on several occasions, reaching its current 98 metres (320 feet) in the 18th century.