New mysterious riddles of Sri Lanka. What unites the ancient civilization of the Indian subcontinent with Africa, Atlantis and South America? MIHINTALE, SIGIRIYA AND YAPAHUWA: MYSTERIOUS TRIANGLE OF SACRAL OBJECTS, MEMORY OF WHOSE WENT THROUGH THE MILLENNIUMS. CHAPTER 4 OF A DETAILED PHOTO ESSAY ON SIGIRIYA. This is a continuation of the: Chapter 1. Detailed Photo Essay on Sigiriya, or Lion's Rock, in Sri Lanka: Thoughts and Impressions of My Visit. Chapter 2. Sigiriya - what is it? A 'Garden of Eden' or The Fountains of Paradise? and Chapter 3. What Pidurangala is – a monastery in caves or an ancient Over-the-Horizon Early Warning Radar next to the Sigiriya "Lion's Rock"? The "lion's Rock" of Sigiriya, placed near the mysterious Pidurangala "pyramid rock", really appears as a heart of the vast complex located in Sri Lanka, the memory about the importance of which and all of its sacred items have reached our da...
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