While the death toll of the devastating earthquake in Nepal keeps rising, experts are also still assessing the extent of the damage on the country's precious cultural heritage The death toll in the massive earthquake which struck Nepal on Saturday has passed 7,180 and many thousands are still unaccounted for.
The 19th-century watchtower Kathmandu's 183-year-old Dharahara Tower, which once loomed nine stories over the ancient city and modern capital of Nepal, has become a symbol of the nation’s cultural loss in the wake of last weekend's earthquake. (See how the earthquake has devastated Nepal.)Durbar Square has sustained severe damage; parts of the Hanuman Dhoka, the city’s oldest palace—built by the Malla kings in the 16th century—have collapsed, along with the pagodas of several temples.
