Lionrock; Fortress in the Rock, Built 477-495(earlier?) Secret tunnels, Battle elephants, Sri Lanka
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2022
- Howdy ya’ll. If you watched my recent video on The Rock of Gibraltar, our video today is going to be quite entertaining.
We’re going to be focusing on Lionrock in Sri Lanka, also known as Sigiriya or Sinhagiri. The history here, according to both legend and the current narrative, is absolutely enthralling. The structure is both immense and built into a massive rock formation. It should truly be considered one of the wonders of the ancient world.
Current narrative suggests human occupation in the Lionrock area for the last 5000 years, and yet the documented history begins with the rock being a place of Buddhist worship in roughly the Third Century BC. From here, during the reign of King Kashyapa, a Usurper King, (from roughly 477 AD to 495 AD) we’re told he moved the Sri Lankan capital to this secluded Buddhist monastery, climbed the highest peak, and from here, built out Lionrock. The Rock itself, was said to once take the form of a giant Lion, chiseled by hand, built with the help of red brick.
Only upon recent excavations have scholars and historians been able to find remnants of the previous culture that survived the destruction of Lionrock by the Kingdom of Kandy in the 17th century. Today we will discuss all the associated history, look at all the detailed photographs I could find, including the oldest photographs I could find, and we will discuss the endless possibilities as related to the outstanding fortress of Lionrock.
As always, your input is more than welcome in the comment section down below. I’d love to hear your opinion on “Lionrock”!
Links for further research;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigiriya
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashyap...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhatuse...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka
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I climbed that thing last april. It's WILD! Not just the formation but the logistics of building a fully functional kingdom on that thing. It had working plumbing that takes water up there and everything. It also used to have working fountains with water just shooting out of man made springs in the courtyard below.
Used to have fountains that shoot water up from ground? Those are still functional today if you visit there during the rainy season. But, I've only seen them shooting up around half a foot maximum probably since the underground plumbing has eroded or clogged up.
I cant believe this is the first time I'm learning about this amazing structure
same. I claim Mandela
Yup def Mandela for me, like the great wall of India
Wondering the same thing, as we jump timelines more new stuff show up, new animals, new places, new plants, new and new
Me too!
Me 2
I’m Sri Lankan and I have been researching on this since I was a kid. What I have researched and figured out is that this rock has a total different history to what is mentioned by the mainstream media.
King Kassyapa was exiled for killing his father and he found refuge on top of this rock. He was just a king, that story ends there. This rock was sophisticated and already had another very advanced civilization occupying it probably thousands of years ago.
When the British found this after invading Sri Lanka, they have found artifacts, ancient technology inside the rocks chambers. Those 2 bird/lion paws was of recent construct to seal the doorway into the rock shut. So no one would dare to break the bird/lion paws since the historians were told write what was told.
There is supposed to be another entrance to rock, we are still searching for it.
Interesting. I have a vague recollection but I'm not really familiar with the whole of it. Can you please share the best links to this hypothesis?
The same reason why they sealed off Pyramid of Giza (the underground passages & the entrance of one of the Sphinx paws which leads to a secret chamber). There's a lot of ancient structure and historical information around the world that the mainstream archeology is covering up.
@@kennymichaelalanya7134 yup they way I figured it out was thinking maybe Giza was a distraction from the Sphinx... then I thought what if there’s stuff underneath and there began my search. Apparently the temple use to be aligned about 10000 years ago directly with the leo constellation which is crazy as the pyramids are aligned with the Sirius star system
Nonsense for yanks to believe
It was part of Hindustan which stretched from India to Bali in ancient times
Those are NOT Lion Paws! The number of toes are indicative to a BIRD OF PREY - 3 TOES OF CLAWS (and I bet, one in the back for GRIPPING BRANCHES = total of 4). Maybe it was a Dragon? Lion paws are similar to a cat or dog - four front toes and one "thumb" = 5 in total.
In chinese astrology, the sign of Leo is the Dragon, as the "king". Maybe these 2 creatures and their symbolisms are closely connected.
griffin
There dragon claws
Wrong the dragon is Aries in Chinese astrology
@@Ioannis418 no, Leo is represented by MONKEY…
I’m blown away I’ve never heard of this. Out of all the history channels, all the classes and all the stories and even alternative history, how is it possible that I have never heard of this?! Great topic, great vid. Thanks!
Because western media only talk about European and middle east history they never show the history of India and Sri lanka you would find many amazing ancient structures in both India and sri lanka, between 1st century to 13 th century ad sri lanka was in their golden times, it was one of the richest country in asia that period, but in late 13th century climate changes and a plague destroyed this entire civilization then in 1315 south Indian empires easily conquered this Broken civilization, but sinhalese still defeated indian invaders in 1336 and tried to build this whole kingdom up, but they failed so they abounded this great civilization, so the whole knowledge of that civilization also gone lost after that
@@sithumrajitha9969 yes that’s amazing thank you! Unfortunately if you want to learn real world history in the west, you can’t rely on public schools you have to do all your research on your own time. Growing up our history curriculum consisted of dates of all the wars/battles! That’s about it! And it was so boring and tedious. I learned to love history when I discovered it as an adult, bc it was NOTHING like what I was taught in school. So many wonders out there and incredible things, and not a single teacher ever mentioned any of it!
@@bearinacity th-cam.com/video/SPOjVLy6KH8/w-d-xo.html this video gives a brief explanation about this ancient civilization of lanka, you can watch this if you want to know more about it
@@bearinacity Now, they're not even learning that. They can't even tell you who fought in WWII. We need an entire revamp of the education system..
@@graybeard2113 Definitely. They’re too busy teaching all 9,000 of their genders to learn anything of value
I had never heard of Lionrock until I went to Sri Lanka earlier this year. Sri Lanka was beautiful and much better than I expected before the trouble they are having now. The walk up the 2000 stairs took about 45 minutes and the view is breath taking. Well worth a visit if you can but go early to avoid the heat
Bill gates, wef, UN cause Sri Lanka starvation
Glad to hear that you visited my country during a troubling time and visited one a UNESCO world heritage site. Sigiriya is a popular tourist destination for both locals and international tourists alike.
So I can’t understand how did they avoid the heat in the ancient times, it’s looks like so hard to live in that rock palace at afternoon because of the heat
@@sithumrajitha9969 I don't know the answer but they found ways to adapt. What choice did they have?
First of all that is not Lions rock , it was made under the command of Ravana which was half human and half reptile , see its feet it is of a reptile not lion , historians are always wrong in describing hindu structure , if u really want to know the truth ask from the locals not the historians .
I always thought it was a dragon . Those talons and you can see where the wings even wrapped around the entire rock. I mean it's so old but you can make out those wings. A real antedelluvian relic. There's a channel called WISE UP and he's great at pointing out where the wings used to be. Yeah wow lion rock... named so by the controllers no doubt to induce amnesia. Still awesome to learn about.
Induced amnesia....i dig!
At a guess i would say this was built many 1000's of years ago.
I didn't see your comment till after I wrote my own. I didn't see the wings, thankou, and well spotted
Most likely a griffin, which is both a lion and bird of prey.
That guy wise up is an arrogant know it all who thinks that EVERYTHING is petrified rock.. lol He is right about a lot of stuff.. but he lost me when he tried to call some cave in this mountainous chunk of stone that had rooms with perfect lazer like corners(to say the least), an old ship that was upside down and petrified...lol His imagination goes to far.. but like I said he is right on a lot.. If he didn't try to claim absolutely everything on stuff that became petrified and then be like "yeah imma prove it and if you don't like it...."" I might still follow him..
Praveen Mohan did a wonderful presentation video at Sigirya, if you haven't seen it you should !!
Was he looking for Lingams?
@@MarkNull watch man whole Indian sub-continent and mostly asian countries under Indian culture influence so it's possible!
@@svanimation8969 another stupid man claims everything in the world
@@svanimation8969Indians especially Hindus are trying their best to have a piece of this or a connection.
That guy is so strange in that he tries to tie everything into either Hinduism or aliens “with special powers or both. He’s says stuff with no historical evidence and drivels what he thinks is true.
Sinha = Lion
Sinhalese(People)
Sinhala(Language)
Sigiriya(Sinha+Giri)
Most of the names end with word "Sinha"(Including mine:))
Flag with Lions since more than 2000 years ago.
Lions have always been something for us.
Even a Lion species of our own(Extinct).
That’s an amazing structure. They even had plumbing and could move water to the top. They even had a swimming pool up there😊
I was lucky to visit Sigiriya and see the beautiful frescoes there. A real treasure!!.
New definitions for
"Rock" - a piece of rubble from an ancient ruins; damaged building fragments previously thought to be fragments of a larger natural formation, until geologists realized most "natural formations" are in fact unrecognizable ancient ruins.
all i see is a building with a coating of something over it , a lot of the bricks used up to build things on top
Ikr 😂
th-cam.com/video/AhDy7ygZg50/w-d-xo.html
Wow! This just blows up my mind! It's like a Machu Pichu in Sri Lanka.Thank you so much, Jarid for sharing this with us.
Whole Indian sub-continent is like this thousands of mysteries! You can't even imagine some ancient Marvel's can even exist haha !
@@svanimation8969 plz indians stop stealing our heritage
I was there in the mid 90’s . Incredible place
I have heard of this place before, but this is the most comprehensive video I’ve seen about it…really cool place.
Check out prevon Malone
I'm amazed that I never heard of the site which actually situated so near from Indian, I'm an Indian. And I know most of the archeological places in America and Europian countries but having such a archeological masterpiece so near astounded me.
Fascinating, I've never heard of this. Thank you as always.
What’s fascinating is how TH-cam opens up the world that you were never taught about in whatever country you come from.
Deep in the middle of Sri Lanka, this massive column of rock juts out from the green tropical forest. It reaches 660 feet tall and features landscaped gardens.
The rock is known as Sigiriya (see-gee-REE-yah) and currently holds a special place in the island’s cultural history.
It was established as the stronghold of a rogue king over 1,500 years ago, and today the Sigiriya complex stands as one of the earliest preserved examples of ancient urban planning. Ultimately the rock was unable to save its king, but it succeeded in preserving ancient Sinhalese culture.
this is incredible. i have NEVER heard of this. almost a wonder of the ancient world.
It is a wonder of the ancient world.
Actually it is consider as the 8th wonder of the world by many
This was so fascinating, never even heard of it, until now. Wonderful presentation as usual, thanks!
Wow, I can’t believe I’ve never even heard of this place! 😳
Thank you for abundantly browsing the sources, both ancient and modern, to make this video.
This place is about 12000 years old.... way older then people think
Maybe million
@@lifeofbizzal9914 A trillion...
@@morwickchesterham3875 right maybe lol what u think
Recently they found 48000 year old arrow heads from a Sri Lankan cave.
@@lifeofbizzal9914 Ok fine... I'll give it a billion...
This is amazing. Great story and history. Perhaps even cooler than Machu Pichu. I'm adding this to my bucket list. I gotta visit this sometime.
Sri Lanka is a land of wonders. This is only the beginning for you. There are many many things hidden from the world. Our country is full of gems 💎. Now they even think lot of history is wrong and there is a whole talk about Buddha is born in SL not India. Srilanka had its aeroplanes even before rite brothers found planes. We even have mystery mountains where we see lights flying and landing etc. Although I myself can’t believe it. Only villagers say. Our country is in the lowest of gravity spot in the whole world according to NASA it seems. We have got one of the 3 star gates in the world. Etc etc 😊
@@Thisisme918Yes! We have to thank the British who as usual tried to rewrite our history. A Buddhist monk along with a couple of lawyers are trying to sue the British government for taking original Buddhist scriptures that gives the real history of Buddha's birthplace and his teachings written in thousands of years ago. Hope they were able to win the case and get the documents back to Sri Lanka where it belongs.
@@vision2096 That is good. I myself is a devout Catholic. But this is my country. If british stole our buddhist original scripts then we should try our best to take them back to where it belongs. India fought and got lot of artifacts back to their motherland from Britain. Just few monks trying is not enough. It should be a government involvement level. I am so sad to hear even Original Tripitaka is with them. It is our heritage which is in British museums lockers.
Wow, what a wonderful video. I have never seen that before. Thanks Jarid 😊!
Really nice video. I have watched history videos for decades. This is only the second time I heard of this beautiful site. Your video was much more informant and I appreciate your time spent. Thank You.
I had never heard of this rock formation and found this video informative and well narrated. I’ll be looking into it further for sure
it's amazing to think that 'the king' would have all of these finely skilled artisans at his disposal. I assume there would have to be a very highly established civilization to have so many skilled and experienced workers and planners.
Exactly me too
Anuradhapura was the high point of ancient sri lankan civilization. The invasions and conflicts that followed gradually led to it's decline.
They used advanced tech to carve the rock , laser like technologies
@@dhanu_4539 yup, Anuradhapura was at its zenith. An advanced hydraulic civilization that had immense wealth and were of high Consciousness which the Romans were impressed by. That being said, having climbed Sigiriya multiple times and being Sinhalese who is well versed with occult knowledge, it became apparent to me that the rock has been constructed by two separate civilizations existing in two separate ages, and this is reflected in the rock.
The more recent civilization which the King story is attributed to built over the existing structure using red brick with mortar. The previous builders however used Geopolymer to create megalithic stone of which was built without mortar, and is more precise and refined. It parallels Teotihuacan in the Yucatán, where you will find the low quality small stones stacked vertically with mortar by the Aztecs on top of the high quality large stones stacked horizontally by a previous civilization whose everything the Mayans inherited.
Additionally while it is called Lions Rock, and of course has kept to the brand for some time now, a Monk has indicated that- with much shunning by others- the Paws are actually Claws related to a Makara, a type or reptilian that is large enough to prey on Elephants and be also be domesticated for riding.
I belief the Claws themselves are the work of the species of human known as our Parent Race whom have gone by many names. Asura/Ahura/Æsir and Deva/Daeva/Tivar in Indo European, Amaru In Mesoamerica from which the term America originates, Jsw in Egyptian later Anglicized to Isu used in works such as Assassins Creed and Halo. They are the Titans generation, referred to as Cyclopes due to their third eye capability, in Lanka such capability belonged to the Yodha, who built the megaliths. In French they are the Cro Magnon. They are of Atlantis (Earth in the Pleistocene) and we are of New Atlantis (Earth in the Holocene).
That being said, pay attention to Assassins Creed lore, especially when the produce an India game. Lanka will either be part of it, it’s own game, or an Atlantis style DLC relating to the Isu Era.
This is crazy. How have I never heard of this?
legends have it, that their is secret entrances around floor level which leads to open cavities and adorned rooms hallowed out into the mountain rock, with stair systems that lead all the way to the very top temples. This provided easier passage to get to the top, and also provided abodes to live within. Some of the passages or tunnels continued few hundred feets and miles away from Lionsrock to provide escape routes to not be seen entering the boulder, or exiting. Also, no one has figured it out yet how it works, but the pool of water you see at the top of the mountain boulder, constantly has an inflow of water that keeps it filled, even when it doesnt rain. So their must be some kind of ingenious vertical pressure pump system carved into the rock that connects to a underwater aqua duct or river vein or in the man made lake you see next to lionrock.
the entire infrastructure is so well designed, that when it does rain, it has drainage systems to prevent flooding. most of the water is diverted towards the outside, while a good portion fills storage tank systems found deep within the cavities of the rock. What ever group built this, is eons ahead of our current architectural and engineering knowledge.
The place was basically an impenetrable fortress unless you had flying vehicles, or knew where the entrances were located few hundred feets away. For the main entrance you see right now, was a later addition not part of the original built.
English. Yessssssss.
Artesian Well would Explain Constant Water Flow. Even still the Architect was Way ahead of there Time a Genius.
🤔 Or Aliens again.
@@sirenscalllntothedeep6306 We have to keep in mind that this is not the only location where such ingenuity is found. But practically all over the entire world, mile for mile. We have to take the legends and myths as real and not figment of imagination of the ancestors of man. Its us in a time where knowledge of the advances of angelic heavens flourished in the earth, but it was all taken away because things got out of hand. Our eyes became open, and we knew all, and became like on to Gods, knowing good and evil. and now its all suppressed for good reasons. The knowledge is still they're among us, but hidden secretly only for the adept and the believer to uncover.
This is prolly an old melted building for giants that later people fixed up and utilized, maybe?? Anybody?
@@resonantfreaq the tartarian stuff is a little tough to swallow for me.
But the concept of far older ancient human civilizations with vast knowledge like Graham Handcock is espousing is far more compelling to me and I believe this structure fits that narrative better I think.
Have you read any ancient Indians stories? They talk of human being almost a million years old and of having knowledge of genetic splicing and flying tech. Pretty wild stuff.
I've been there in 2011 but, having not hired a guide, i never heard of that story, i always thought the paws were more those of a sort of dragon. Fascinating place not to be missed, the murals and paintings visible on the ascenscion (female dancers) are not to be missed too
Definitely look like dragons paws!
The lions head fell off from the top recently. There are some old black and white pictures of it. My dad has seen it when he was a young boy, now he is 85 years old. It’s a shame this palace got discovered very late and was in ruins. It was abandoned for centuries.
You can see and visit similar structures all over South Asia. That is the golden time for that part of the world.During this period,Europe was in the dark ages.
@@mannyk2755 Yes. Many in developed countries today don’t know much about the ancient wisdom of Srilanka. Sri Lanka is too big for it’s size. From ancient times we had great civilizations but fell in1815 becoming a British colony. British looted us for 300 years. They took with them all our wealth, gems, ivory, historical writings, palm leaf ola leaf manuscripts, many armory of kings, jewelry of queens, statues and coins… they are all in British museums now forever forbidden for us. One European guy destroyed some of Lion rock frescos some times back. They sayBritish archeologists when they found the rock all covered with wilderness, they excavated brought out much wealth and sealed off the rock interior secret passages. Sad! This is now a Unesco heritage site. Please read about it before climbing Seegiriya, the Lion Rock. Considerd as the 8th wonder of the world.
@@Thisisme918Yes! And not to mention they are trying to rewrite our history and erase our Sinhalese identity.They completely erased African history and their rich culture even their Royal history and destroyed Royal palaces. Archeologists have found ruins of these Palaces.
I have never heard of this until now!
Quite impressive!!
I've never , nor seen this before. How incredible. Wonderful job on the narrative and research Jared! Thank you so vvery m much for putting this together and all of hard work. And reading between the lines gives me as much inspiration as what you shared with us....are we heading into Titan territory...maybe the crater Earth theory? Seems you're already going down the Rabbit hole! Great work, thanks again and blessings to all from Canada 🙏👍💯🇨🇦🤝🙏
You took the words out of my mouth, how cool to see something for the first time ( and I'm in my 60s ) this looks like it was a special effect in a movie. This is the the good side of TH-cam.
I had not heard of or seen this beautiful rock before. It is mind blowing, beautiful mysterious enchanting textures and symmetry, colours contrasts water, i hope one day i can visit this rock.
Nothing beats climbing up there mate. Been up there five times already. Great narrative btw. I'm subscribing
Just earned a new sub. Nice to finally see some place I never heard of, I'm 10 or 15 years into YT rabbit holes about stuff like this, and I'm suprised I've never heard of it! Looking foreward to more, and your narration is great too man, you're solid. Thank you.
I am a Srilankan and I am surprised that you haven’t heard of it. Actually it is quite famous and it is a Unesco heritage site.
as other comments have stated, that is not a lion's paw, not only incorrect claws but no illustration of "fur"
Close up the detail of scaly skin is visible,i have no idea why they insist on them being called lions claws,it`s obvious.
@@ufoclips1 which makes me question why everyone in history is recording it as a "lion". While Im sure both of us dont trust anything anymore, I can't imagine that even all the old accounts would be fabricated but what the heck do we know anymore, everything is upside down and inside out.
nevermind why there's like a 400 year gap in the historical records. well, i think we both know why already but just playing dumb so to speak, those missing 400 years seems to be the same across the planet. like how do we forget that there were giant pyramids in Egypt or any of the other major stuff unless a major disaster occured. Now, was it the flood or something else? I also saw a video, trying to recall who but it's probably someone you've come across judging by your alias, that showed a historical book that listed the apostles of Christ being locked up in the dungeons in England back in the mid 1800s. So yeah, something is really amiss with our history and my research has led me to believe that it is all centered around one thing, to deny the existence of God. I even have come to the conclusion that even UFOs are demonic in nature and not little green men based off of research of others but also notably some of the observations made in the distant past. Namely how the "UFOs" always seem to appear in a manner that the people of the day would be able to recognize. Like, there are tales of flying "ships" and chariots but there is also an account in which a "flying boat" stopped above a church tower, and "dropped an anchor" to the tower. The men watching below then rushed and climbed up the church to remove the anchor from the tower while at the same time, someone exited the "flying boat" and did swimming motions down to the anchor. Very odd, anyhow, wanted to share that with you. Cheers.
Great work and Thanks for putting this together for us. I've been interested in Ancient Buildings for a long time and have some experience as well as some very interesting finds that like this Structure will blow your w8g back for sure. Thanks again and Good luck on any further projects. Look forward to watching.
OMG how have I missed your channel,the others know the topic but don’t know much more,you state your case brilliantly xx thankyou so much for sending me totally nuts 😂
i love your channel and your presentations so much. thank you
HOLY CRAP! I JUST TOOK MY SON TO "THE BEAST" MOVIE. IN THE MOVIE, THEY WRECK THE JEEP AND THE HUGE MOUNTAINESS ROCK NEXT TO THEM IS A GIANT LIONS HEAD. LATER ON IN THE MOVIE, THE ACTUAL LION STOOD ATOP IT. ON THE PETRIFIED GIGANTIC LIONS HEAD. IVE BEEN THINKING WHO I COULD TELL FOR 3 DAYS NOW. AND THEN THIS VIDEO. WOW!
you are a fool
Thanks Jarid! I appreciate you
Great video as always.
Have you seen the video showing evidence of worldwide collapse of empires from the 536 AD Volcano between islands of Sumatra and Java that blocked out the sun causing loss of a couple summers of growing food?
Look into Tartaria.
Toba super volcano
Apparently life was like a fairytale once. It's like Hell on 🌎 now.
I feel ya man, I always felt like that. Now instead of these magnificent structures we have department stores and gas stations. Consumer BS and political hell!
There was for sure a golden age of man. I wonder what this current time will be called in a couple millenia.?
@@allenjohnson4462 I'd call these times the Age of Fubar
It became unbearably evil then and is doing so again.
Hell on earth now? No, but it will be soon enough.
Thank you so so much for sharing ❤
Thank you for telling the world about Sigiriya, really beautifully program awesome 💯
Another one in the GOLD METAL AWARDS!!! I had never heard of this and what a special diamond in the rough… How can this be that something so advanced and meant to impress is overlooked? Thanks for making my Saturday night like an adventure- it’s pretty hard to face reality nowadays ~ I love your intelligence too!🦜🦜🦜💎🦜🦜🦜
We need more researchers like you, good work
Marvelous work.
Love from Sri Lanka !!! great work !!!!
AWSOME ! First time seeing this or even hearing about it! Thank you👍❤️
: Just looked at the comments and I was surprised the number of persons are new to this wonder as I am! Wonderful feeling truly amazing as is the info on it.
Hey man! You stop it! I can’t handle this kinda awesomeness coming at me! 😂❤ 🔥
Cool...love to visit this place someday! Reminds me of a smaller "lion rock formation" in Baguio Philippines
Never have I seen this!!! Thank you Jarid.
It looks like it was where a gigantic community lived. It appears to have everything they would've needed. Yet again a great example of old world technology❣
Yep this was a huge city in ancient times, but today only the king’s fortress area have founded, that fortress area is so big too
Hey, im from Argentina, south America. There is a place here called Valle de la Luna or Ischigualasto (Moon Valley), its right in between the provinces of San Juan and La Rioja, and the place has a lot of weird formations that they call natural, but they are definitely eroded sculptures (apparently there is several marks that point that this place was under water). There are multiple sphinxes, pillars, and there's even a rock that clearly has a face and people dont even pay attention to it. I dont know of anyone that has done any research about it, and they even have a closed part of this place that is for ''scientific'' purposes.....
Chile. Atacama.
Amazing video
Absolutely amazing!!!!
That’s a dragon not a lion… y’all really lookin at 3 talons and thinking feline? Na bruh
Went there a few years back. It takes about 2 hours to get to the top. Quite a climb . Not that many people there. It was over 30C. One of the most impressive places I have ever been. It's well worth a trip it one of the nicest places I have ever visited. I try and visit Sri Lanka twice a year.Never tire of the people or the country.
You are lying about something, sir, he was there with his wife in 2015, they climbed the stairs in 20-25 minutes. For 2 hours, you can drive there in a wheelchair.
@@metaframe2k Ever struck your mind that some people might have issues walking up stairs, and take a bit longer to get up than others?
@@ynoten Of course! For this, God created mountains and long stairs, hinting that they have nothing to do there.
@@metaframe2k plate tectonic creates mountains.
@@ynoten your moms a mountain
Phenomenal Job on this! Very exciting!!! ........thankyou!!! much appreciation for your work!🥳😻😎🙌
A content-rich documentary presented in an interesting way.
This site is called Sigiriya - if you're interested, look up the Ellora caves of India and the carved mountain of Kailash.
Did you cover the land surrounding it like the river and all the strategic flood traps through out the many court yards it's a much bigger complex than just the the rock this was designed to be a formidable fortress
And all those gardens now excavated are only a quarter of the real complex. other parts are still inside the forest.
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!! Great explanation. 👍👌👍😊
Very cool thanks
I've learned that Rocks can carry water upward, like giant sponges. Brad Kittel who builds Tiny homes in Texas showed me this on his site. His youtube channel is "Tiny Texas Houses"
Probably why we see huge waterfalls coming from the tops of hills/mountains when there appears to be no river to supply it.
@@teresaweeks8214 yup. Has to do with permaculture and the subterranean aquifers jettisoning out. This is how springs are formed.
In Sri Lanka there are many waterfalls, and if you search for the local youtubers who Hike up and finds these waterfalls, you’ll find that the rocks surrounding the falls themselves don’t look natural, and more like they were artificially cut and at one point in a time long past belonged to a hydraulics related structure of which has been damaged and destroyed resulting in the ‘leakage’ of water creating a river, stream, and waterfall.
@@NarasimhaDiyasena wow, that's very informative, thankyou.
Very Cool Place. I believe Ayres Rock in Australia was a similar site But the Kouris Just sat on the top 😂
Very Cool.. Sharing.. Never had heard of this before...
Great video. Good job!!
Wow! Never heard of it. Thanks for sharing!! I wonder if there are entrances like the Thirumayam Fort?
It looks like a giant cypress tree that has petrified during the flood. Hangman 1128 does the cypress trees.
Thank you for the video. It's very nice.
That would explain the capillary action of the tree fibers and how the water was able to make it to the top, even to this day. Check out the waterfalls that come from the top of Mt Roraima in Guyana. Another giant tree!
could be a tree , good channel hangman
This the first time I’ve heard of lions rock it shows how we really know about other cultures I would love the opportunity to see this
Thank you for your work.
Very few archeological sites impress me. This is one exceptionally impressive one. Very good presentation.
I love your channel. I believe that the ancients had more technology than we give them credit for. I don't see how any of this could be achieved in a practical time with chisel. Especially when consider the intricacies of this structure
You underestimate humans' ability, and that's unfortunate.
@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again it's not that, it's just understand that they had technology far greater than what they tell us we had there's no way possible that majority of these sculptures were achieved with primitive tools the ancients our ancestors all of them all races had advanced technology and built great things with it
You should visit Sri Lanka and see how our ancient kings made hydraulic system irrigation that works to-date since 2500 years. Some are so big that it looks like the ocean. And not to mention it's beautiful beaches and tea plantations in the hills.
Amazing, TY!
Totally fascinated! How have I never seen or heard of this
Excelente
It was originally King Ravana palace
Thank you for sharing this knowledge with the world! Come and visit Sigiriya someday and see by yourself! There are a lot of places to see too
Hey, this is really interesting. thanks!!
Please someone show me a lions paw that looks even remotely like that and then when you realise that you can't go and look at the paw of a monitor lizard or a dragon.
Sri Lanka has far more large lizards than it has lions(none),it makes much more sense to be awed by them,i know i was.
Exactly! It amazes me what people dont see what's right in front of their own eyes! Because it's called lion rock by HIS story then it must be lion even though it makes absolutely no sense!
@@mikehunt8375 it's a literal translation
Meltology 101. Possibly a melted building. Then after cataclysm redone? You can see that various areas show heat damage imo.
A building, a being, a huge tree stump.........all very possible ideas.
There’s so many buildings & structures that are very old with heat damage… or lighting damage.
It’s strange.
I’ve been there… it’s the archeological Disneyland of Sri Lanka. But an amazing place… even the gardens and grounds at the base of the rock are stunning!
Amazing.
Thank U 🙏
The Battle Elephants were transported to the top of “Lion Rock” when the were, as yet, very young, freshly weened from their mothers. The rock never boasted the head of a lion or any other creature. It only ever had the two feet, possibly crocodile feet, some reasoning that they are dragon feet. The aging and normal water marks circumnavigate the entire plateau, with even coloring, not showing any new clean rock where a larger section might have broken or fallen from the upper precipice.
Every source I can find about it says that there was a lions head. How do you know there was no lions head?
@@righty-o3585 no idea if there was once more than this feet - but that are really reptile feet, when you search for Praveen Mohan by example you find a video about that place especially about the feet.
@@TheEnkelchen I agree, the feet do look reptilian. They're definitely not lions feet, that's for sure.
They did not make the feet to look exactly as of a Lion. Check other Sculptures of Lions in Sri Lanka, The lions do not look like real lions. Sri Lankan lion flag is one of the Oldest flags of the world, And there are lot of cronicals that include lions. Only other creature these feet could belong to is the Mythical or now extict bird of Pray called the 'Gurula'. Gurula is also found in many Sri Lankan sculptures, art and maskes. This bird was always depected together with cobras. It must have specially prayed on Cobras i guess.
@@TheEnkelchenNice try! You guys are trying to bring an Indian connection to this. I saw another video trying their best to rewrite the Sigiriya story. You have your Taj Mahal leave Sri Lankas history to the Sri Lankans. British already ruined half of our history. We don't need our neighbors doing the same please.
Never heard of this place… Why isn’t this rock more well known?
I visited Sri Lanka in the 80s,i went to Kandy but never heard of Lion rock until two years ago,the video had close up pictures of the lion claws,but they`re not feline claws in any way,they have detailed skin around them which look like a reptile far more than a lion,anyway thanks for kindling some amazing memories.
Everyone talking bout deez nutz!
It is well known in South Asia now but anything which isn't built by Europeans doesn't get much attention in west
@@dv9239 really?. The pyramids In Egypt are well know. Manchu Picchu is well know, the temples in Cambodia are well know.
@@alanaldpal950 Caucasians did NOT build the pyramids. They were in the caucus mountains far from Egypt. They do run the educational system to preach lies.They actually separated Egypt from Africa on the map to perpetuate this lie.
Thank you!
Nice vid ☮️
It sucks you don't have any photos or video of the interior of the rock. I wonder if there is any or if it was never allowed.
This place is mad impressive either way, but if theirs so much inside where are the pics?
Hi watch this they went to the top.
th-cam.com/video/-pyNJ_spwPQ/w-d-xo.html
Well in 12 years of school, I didn't even hear of Sri Lanka
Your school is racist
Sri Lanka used to be called Ceylon.
@@catzanddogz7517 oh yeah. Thanks for the reminder. But even Ceylon wasn't really thought of as too much worthy to mention.
you are the best “tour guide”
Never heard of it...great coverage
When TH-cam actually recommends a video and channel I can like 😱
Which is like 1% of the time. YT algorithm is crap.
Solid vid, excellent concise descriptions, def looking into this further...
Can’t believe this has never been mentioned in school... but hey, at least we’re taught the important stuff, like iambic pentameter, the french politics of the 13th century, and THANK THE LORD that I know the names of Henry VIII’s mistresses).
Those murals tho 😳💥❤🔥🔥🔥
Sign me up yesterday for whoever the F they are... YESTERDAY....
edit: pretty sure the commenter below is onto something with the paws thing
in fact, can’t put my finger on it, but i wanna say that they remind me of the paws/feet from a mural/relief of a Hindi god that was a gargoyle of sorts, can’t remember... Either Hindi or maybe Thai? painting, sorry for the vagueness, just remember the face/teeth and the claws
This is amazing
I would love to visit this!!
Yup, there is a REAR secret entrance close to the tail.
I always have a hard time wrapping my head around how they actually sculpted these features into the rocks without machinery we have today
Not that tough when an entire village is working on it.
They have even had flying machines in their earlier ancient history. And there has been a crab like machine used as an elivator to climb up the rock. All these were lost in time when king kashyapa rebuilt this place as his kingdom.