The ruins of a possible palace of the era of the Konbaung dynasty emerged after the massive earthquake of 7.7 coarse which struck Myanmar at the end of last month.
The earthquake that killed thousands of people and damaged infrastructure and structures across the country, including heritage sites, also uncovered monuments forgotten for a long time and old ruins.
Ruins that archaeologists may formerly believe to be a water palate or a structure linked to water for royal ceremonies held by ancient kings of the myanmar of the Konbaung dynasty were found in Inwa near Tada-U, a city in the center of Myanmar at around 6.2 miles from the provincial capital Mandalay.
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Although certain parts of the southern staircase of the structure of Thayetkin were discovered for the first time by the local residence in 2009, then treated by the Department of Archeology and the National Museum, additional parts of the structure have now been revealed.
The ruins would include fundamental structures, stairs and traces of pavilions that correspond to the illustrations recorded in the ancient manuscripts of the palm leaf. The site was probably used in the service of the royal city of Ratnapura Ava (or “City of Gems”), which was an imperial capital for the successive Burmese kingdoms between the 14th and 19th centuries.
The Konbaung dynasty, or the third Burmese empire, was the last dynasty to govern Burma between 1752 and 1885 before it was annexed by the British Empire during the Anglo-Burma wars.
Located in Inwa, just 3.6 miles north of Tada-U, Ratnapura Ava was looted and rebuilt several times until a series of earthquakes March 1839 left the abandoned city.
The structure should be excavated and preserved, with plans to make the site accessible to public education, according to the department of archeology and the national museum of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture.
