Visitors take in an expansive view after climbing 1,200 stairs to the top of Sigiriya Sky Fortress near the town of Dambulla in central Sri Lanka. Considered by many to be the most famous tourist ...

Over 1950 years ago, the Sigiriya Lion Rock was a magnificent palace hideaway for a king. Sigiriya Rock Fortress has many legends and tales surrounding it. History records that it was the magnificent, ...

The ruins of the capital built by the parricidal King Kassapa I (477–95) lie on the steep slopes and at the summit of a granite peak standing some 180m high (the 'Lion's Rock', which dominates the ...

‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’ is every bit as attractive an embodiment of natural beauty as the prized gemstone itself.

Rock ruins give a glimpse into the town's planning and the engineering process that was involved in its creation. Sigiriya was once a sprawling metropolis and created using advanced technology ...

Here is what you need to know about climbing to Sigiriya, the 200-metre-high city fortress in Sri Lanka Here is what you need to know about climbing to Sigiriya, the 200-metre-high city fortress in ...

Excavations conducted by the Central Cultural Fund (CCF) led to the discovery of a large number of artefacts; including a lion’s head made of terracotta, foreign coins, pebbles and many foreign and ...

Sigiriya, considered to be one of the most valuable historical monuments in Sri Lanka, has long been renowned as an architectural wonder of urban planning and engineering, and a UNESCO world heritage ...

A stunning lost city was discovered on the very top of giant rock - leaving archaeologists absolutely baffled. The ruins of the lost city of Sigiriya in the heart of Sri Lanka have become something of ...