Archaeology Dept. launches excavation in Kurundimalai
via Daily Mirror, 10 February 2021: Archaeological excavations in Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka.
Tag: Sri Lanka
Country in Asia, classified in this site as part of Peripheral Southeast Asia.
Well concealed yet formidable
via Daily News, 09 February 2021: A feature on a 17th century Dutch fort in Sri Lanka - the Kalpitiya ...
Deep Diving Into The Submerged Port City of Mannar
via Roar Media, 02 January 2021: A look at the ancient port city of Mannar in Sri Lanka.
A new translation of Part 1 of the Gazetteer of Foreign Lands (Zhufan zhi 諸蕃志, 1225)
via Shao-yun Yang, Denison University, 06 December 2020: A new translation of the Zhufan Zhi, a 13th century Song Dynasty ...
[Paper] Bows and arrows and complex symbolic displays 48,000 years ago in the South Asian tropics
via Science Advances, 12 June 2020: New discoveries from Sri Lanka - evidence for the oldest bow and arrow technology ...
[Video] Family return heirloom Buddha statue to Sri Lanka
via BBC News, 16 January 2020: Video story on the return of a Buddha image to the Sacred Tooth Temple ...
[Paper] Microliths in the South Asian rainforest ~45-4 ka: New insights from Fa-Hien Lena Cave, Sri Lanka
via PLOS One, 02 October 2019: Microliths found in Sri Lanka dating to 45,000 years may indicate how early humans ...
Sigiriya frescoes to be scanned and digitised
via FT Online, 20 October 2018: The frescoes of the Sigiriya World Heritage site are to be scanned and digitised.
Evidence for persistent forest reliance by indigenous peoples in historical Sri Lanka
via Science Daily, 26 April 2018: Working closely with Wanniyalaeto (Vedda) elders in Sri Lanka during the repatriation of skeletal ...
Sri Lanka National Museum launches app for visitors
App launched in conjunction with the reopening of the National Museum in Colombo. It's on Google Play here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arimaclanka.icta.museum&hl=en The ...
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