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Historical places in Sri Lanka: what people don't know

  We all have heard of Ruwanwelisaya, the temple of the sacred tooth, and Adam’s Peak. But have you heard about Isurumuniya and Kitulgala? Today we’ll be talking about some historical places in Sri Lanka that most people don’t know, but are amazing nevertheless. Kitulgala Belilena (cave) First up, we have the Kitulgala Belilena. This is famous for being the residence of prehistoric humans in Sri Lanka. Many pieces of evidence of human life such as skeletons and remnants of edible plants and animals. The cave is said to belong to the lowland wet zone. Twelve skeletons were found in this cave, and it was found that these were of the Balangoda Man ( homo sapiens balangodensis ). Furthermore, evidence has been found that these humans baked and ate seeds of “wild breadfruit”. And the remnants of lagoon oysters mixed with salt from coastal areas have been discovered as well.  The amount of evidence this place gives for archeologists to discover the truth about human existence thous...