With its 2600 year history, Shwedagon Pagoda stands 326 feet tall above Sanguttara hill in Rangoon to enshrine 8 hairs of the Gautama Buddha. For some idea of scale: to reflect the sun the golden orb at the top is ten inches wide, has a 76 carat diamond at the top and total of 4351 diamonds which are 1800 carats. Below the orb the weather vane is 4 feet wide and including a half ton of gold and jewels. Below the vane, the umbrella is 13 meters tall and made of another half ton of gold and 83,850 jewels weighing a total of 5 tons. The upper half of the pagoda is covered in gold plates and the lower half in gold leaves. (5d)