Item 1 of 4 People view colonial-era artefacts that have been returned from the Netherlands, at the main Museum in Colombo, Sri Lanka December 5, 2023.

Sri Lanka’s first and only wax museum is set to open in a few days at Ehelepola Walawwa in Kandy. The museum will feature wax ...

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.

While the exhibition offers an idyllic view of colonial Sri Lanka, with its palm trees, fishing ... Another photo from the same period has Brownlow’s hills dotted with what looks like offices of ...

GALLE, SRI LANKA—Human bone fragments and iron coffin handles were unearthed within Sri Lanka’s Galle Fort World Heritage City. Archaeologists think the remains date to the period of Dutch ...

Sri Lanka has yet to agree on who should replace rejected leaders Opposition leaders have ... adding it contained books written during the Portuguese and Dutch colonial period from the 16th and ...

The Netherlands returned six artefacts including a cannon, a ceremonial sword and two guns taken from Sri Lanka more than 250 years ago on Tuesday, as part of efforts by the former colonial power ...