Ancient Frescoes at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
About half way up the face of Sigiryia, a mountain fortress in Sri Lanka, hardy climbers will find a cave covered with frescoes of exotic maidens. These ancient murals (5th century AD) covered much of the face of the rock fortress at one time, but now only fragments remain. Other previously frescoed caves are inaccessible, as seen in the second photograph.
Sigiriya: 5th century AD frescoes on cave walls depicting maidens (though there is discussion re the date and iconography).
The front of Sigiriya.
Climbing up to the cave painting level meant traversing many narrow, worn steps, steep paths, and finally, a spiral, metal staircase. It just about did me in. I passed on climbing to the top of Sigiriya. Sigiriya is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Hi Marie, did you enjoy your trip to Sri Lanka? I remember you asking me about my trip to SL..
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Hey, Kat. Thanks for asking. It was wonderful. I loved the country and the people. The only hassle was the terrible traffic in and out of Colombo and the terrible state of the roads up into the highlands.
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Glad you had a wonderful time in SL. It’s the people of Sri Lanka that I absolutely love – have fond memories of them too.
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Oh how lovely and extraordinary are the frescoes.
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They are lovely. It is too bad so few of them remain. I would have love to have seen the entire fortress covered with them.
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