A Buddhist monument built as a walkable path to enlightenment.
Built in the 9th century, Borobudur is the world’s largest Buddhist monument. Pilgrims circle upward through galleries of carved panels that tell Buddhist stories, rising from the everyday world to the open terraces of bell-shaped stupas at the top.
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Ethiopia · late 12th – early 13th c. CE
Medieval churches cut from the living rock, still used for worship today.
Zimbabwe · c. 11th–15th c. CE
Massive mortar-free stone enclosures at the heart of a trading kingdom linked to the Indian Ocean.
Cambodia · early 12th c. CE
The largest religious monument on Earth, built as a map of the Hindu cosmos.
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