Category: Archaeologists

Introduction: The Father of Archaeology Sir William Flinders Petrie, legitimately addressed as the Father of Archaeology, also was the first to systematically investigate the Pyramids in Egypt during the 1880s. He was the archaeologist whose six decades in a field produced a vast amount of archaeological evidence existed for all periods of Egyptian history from […]

Raj Somadeva is a senior professor attached to the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology(PGIAR), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Prof Raj Somadva, during the excavation. He was born on October 31, 1960. According to his birth certificate, his full name is Delgahawatthage Raj Kumar Somadeva Delgahawatta. He is currently attached to the PGIAR, which he joined […]

It is no easy task to pen down few words on the life history of a colossus like Dr. Siran Deraniyagala, but nevertheless, I will try. Life has its ways, its own twists and turns at times one would not expect; such was the shocking yet inevitable demise of Dr. Deraniyagala. The mystery of life […]

PE Peiris, PEP Deraniyagala and SU Deraniyagala was the legendary trilogy of Sri Lankan academia. The secrets of Sri Lankan past are not revealed easily. Their scientific striving to uncover the past of this island unfolded like an epic saga. They are still pointing us their fingers to examine the vast hinterland that remains to […]

Even though he is gone now, he still is an outstanding archaeologist and academic. His grift and tenacity inspired not only me but people all over the world. His sudden and painful demise is a massive knock-on of the infrastructure of Sri Lankan Archaeological Academia which is potentially irreplaceable. We lose people every day. But, […]