admin-dar – Department of Archaeology and Heritage Management

The Department of Archaeology and Heritage Management opened its research and teaching museum on 7th September 2020, named in honour of Dr. Siran Deraniyagala, former Director-General of the Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka and opened by Prof. Senarath Dissanayake, Director Read More …

Kahatagasdigiliya-Palippothana Megalithic burial excavation

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 admin-dar

The Department of Archaeology and Heritage Management conducted a research excavation in three burials in the Palippothana Megalithic burial complex in the Upper Malwathu-Oya and Upper Ma-Oya basin in Kahatagasdigiliya from 6th to 18th October 2020. Among the excavated burials, Read More …

First Online Research Symposium in Sri Lanka

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 admin-dar

The 5th annual undergraduate research symposium of the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Management was held online on 24th July, 2020. It was reported as the first online symposium held in Sri Lanka with more than 100 participants who presented Read More …

Research outreach Department of Archaeology and Heritage Management

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 admin-dar

The Department of Archaeology and Heritage Management was invited by the Department of Archaeology of Sri Lanka to conduct a research excavation in the Kurundi Viharaya of Mulathivu. The Somavathi monastery has requested the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Management Read More …