and from where you can reach the lion staircase that goes all the way up the fortress. TIP: I wholeheartedly recommend hiring a guide or joining a guided tour to visit Sigiriya, so that you can ...

All important features of Sigiriya such as the frescoes, spiral staircase and bubble fountain have been replicated, The Sunday Times understands. “This is a bonus for anyone who cannot scale the rock, ...

I arrived that evening at Sigiriya with my conservation staff and the onset of ... the door leading to the fresco pockets at the head of the spiral staircase, after their investigations the previous ...

the Sigiriya fortress in central Sri Lanka. The last part of the climb to his refuge was accessed only by a vertiginous staircase bolted to the sheer rock face. Apparently in Kassapa's day this ...

Climbing Sigiriya is done in stages, which makes it more easily surmountable. My only moment of vertigo came as I climbed a circular metal staircase, exposed to the air, to view the remarkably ...

One of the main entrances to upper Sigiriya was shaped like a massive lion’s head, with lion’s claws carved out on either side of the staircase. The claws still remain on the modern day ruins ...

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 ...

Somadeva is renowned for his groundbreaking work in making historical knowledge accessible to the general public, as well as his significant contributions to archaeological research The Sigiriya ...

Declaration of Sigiriya was enabled by a Destination Management Plan developed by Asian Development Bank Landmark development is part of Sri Lanka’s broader push to embed sustainability at every ...