Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="netlife007" data-source="post: 13031486" data-attributes="member: 79514"><img src="http://www.island.lk/modules/modPublication/article_title_images/5657477c1-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Priceless gold artifacts found at AbhayagiriyaText and Pix by Cyril Basnayake,  Anuradhapura Corr   Gold artefacts and coins were found inside a golden casket recovered from the  Abhayagiriya site last week.  The  casket, 49 mm high and 35 mm wide, believed to be dating back to 2nd   Century AD, was opened by Archaeological Director Prof T. G. Kulathunga.  Inside the golden casket was another golden container, somewhat heart-shaped,  wrapped in gold foil.  Upon  opening the second box, the archaeologists found an amulet made of gold   along with some beads and gold nuggets. The amulet was sealed and the   archaeologists expect to open it in a laboratory.  The second box is 42 mm height. The lids of both box and casket had been  decorated and studded with gem-like coloured stones.  It had not yet been determined whether those stones were gems, Prof Kulatunga  said.  The  casket was found at the excavation site at the  North East of the   Abhayagiriya Stupa. It was found by a team, led by Excavation Research  Officer  U. G. Madusha Lakmali. They also found some coins, known as  Punch-marked coins,  which had been the earliest used coins in this  country, from the same site.  Prof Kulatunga said that  crystal pinnacles, Laxmi coins, beads, and amethyst  stones had been  found during previous excavations at the same site.</blockquote>

Verification: Haya warak paha keeyada? (haya wadi kireema paha)

Top Bottom