This Sri Lankan hilltop town is home to mesmerizing cultural landmarks and stunning vistas - it's also one of the friendliest ...

Photos: Fresco Paintings at Sigiriya Rock Updated: 2012-02-14 15:18 (chinadaily.com.cn) ... for example on the surface of the location called the "Cobra Hood Cave". ...

The paintings would have covered most of the western face of the rock, covering an area 140 metres long and 40 metres high. There are references in the graffiti to 500 ladies in these paintings.

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Built in the fifth century, Sri Lanka’s Sigiriya fortress attracted the attention of British archaeologists in the 1800s, who were amazed by its leonine rock art and beautiful frescoes.

A complex masterpiece of irrigation engineering design, Sigiriya's artfully designed water gardens required structural planning way ahead of its time. ... Bulgaria's 7,000-year-old cave paintings.

Excerpted from SIGIRIYA PAINTINGS by. Raja de Silva , Retired Commissioner of Archaeology. On the morning of October 15, 1967, the Archaeology Commissionner, Dr. CE Godakumbure, instructed me to go ...

Sigiriya, Sri Lanka has been honored with the Green Destinations Bronze Award at ITB 2025 in Berlin. This recognition celebrates Sigiriya’s excellence in nature conservation, heritage preservation, ...