Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary
How did Cham builders raise their red-brick tower-temples with joints so fine they look mortarless, bonded the bricks so durably that the seams have held for a thousand years, and carved intricate ornament directly into the finished brick walls — and was the whole structure somehow fired after it was assembled?
4th–14th century CE, Champa Kingdom · Duy Xuyên, Quảng Nam Province, VietnamAdded July 2026