Letter from Sri Lanka

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Sigiriya is an important archeological site in Sri Lanka, the island nation off the southeast coast of India. Sigiriya, a citadel that lies atop a rock outcrop 600 feet above the surrounding jungle, was occupied first by Buddhist monks beginning in the 3rd or 2nd centuries B.C. The site was excavated beginning in 1890, but in a way that left many questions unanswered about Sri Lanka's ancient history.

Sri Lanka, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

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Ill-fated galleon: discovery of a sixteenth-century wreck is resurrecting a forgotten chapter in Spanish colonial history

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Artifacts obtained from a 16th-century Spanish galleon wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida are providing new clues about seaborne migration during the Spanish colonial era. The ship, part of a fleet dispatched in 1559 to transport colonists, sank in Pensacola Bay after a hurricane damaged it. The wreck, discovered in 1992 and carefully explored since then, has yielded over 5,000 artifacts.

Research, Florida, History, Spain, Shipwrecks, Underwater archaeology, Spanish history, Galleons

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