Sigiriya, an ancient rock fortress and former royal palace ... Boy_Anupong/Getty Images The 5th-Century palace was built to resemble a lion, with the paws flanking the main entrance (Credit ...

Built in the fifth century, Sri Lanka’s Sigiriya fortress attracted the attention ... (See also: 40,000-year-old cave art may be world's oldest animal drawing.) Nearby, also on the walls of ...

Royal throne on the top of ancient rock fortress in Sigiriya, Cultural Triangle, Sri Lanka(Getty Images/iStockphoto) Its archeology attracts thousands of tourists every year and it is one of the ...

A leading bee expert in Sri Lanka has attributed seemingly unprovoked bee attacks on visitors at the Sigiriya rock fortress to poor toilet habits by the latter. With no toilet facilities at the ...

However, ICOMOS Sri Lanka was involved. The UNESCO Reactive Monitoring Mission found that the proposed extension of the Sigiriya airport to serve as the principal base for fighter jets would undermine ...

Sigiriya, an ancient rock fortress and former royal palace, is one of Sri Lanka's most visited and best-known sights, attracting just more than one million visitors in 2019. But on this sunny day ...