Fly over Galle, a beautifully preserved Dutch colonial fort city on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, where red-tiled rooftops, ...

The artefacts were taken in 1765 from Kandy, the last kingdom of ancient Sri Lanka, when the Dutch besieged the palace, a Netherlands returns colonial-era artefacts to Sri Lanka Skip to main content ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Two Dutch museums are handing hundreds of cultural artifacts back to Indonesia and Sri Lanka — from a richly decorated cannon to precious metals and jewelry ...

Netherlands to return items looted in colonial times from Indonesia, Sri Lanka The nearly 500 objects include art, jewels and other cultural artifacts. An item of particular interest: a lavishly ...

Two Dutch museums returned nearly 500 cultural objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka that were looted during the colonial era, including gold and silverware, statues, weapons and hundreds of artworks.

The colonial domination of Sri Lanka started with the Portuguese and the Dutch. The Portuguese, true to their zeal for spreading the message of Christianity, led to widespread discontent in the ...