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Empire Builders Japan Backgrounder

Pilot Guides Backgrounder, Empire, Japan

The main hall of this most magnificent of Japan’s earliest Buddhist temples houses an enormous Buddha, and was the world’s largest wooden building for nearly 1000 years after its construction.

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Empire Builders Egypt Backgrounder

Pilot Guides Backgrounder, Egypt, Empire, History

A magnificent tomb, nearly 5000 years old, it was the world’s first ever large building constructed from stone, designed as a stairway to heaven for the Pharaoh’s soul.