Borobudur Temple, in Indonesia, is the world's largest Buddhist monument - built 1,200 years ago in the shadow of a volcano... The temple features nine stacked platforms covered with intricate reliefs and decorated with more than 500 Buddhas. As Islam became the predominant religion in the region, it was gradually abandoned and lost to the jungle. It was rediscovered 200 years ago, in 1814, by Sir Thomas Raffles, the British Lieutenant Governor of Java. Despite efforts to restore it, it wasn't u