Rasika Muthucumarana Archives

Uncovering Maritime History Beneath the Waves U.S. Embassy and Sri Lanka’s Maritime Archaeology Unit Dive to Ancient Godawaya shipwreck U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung and Senior Archeology Officer of the Central Cultural Fund’s Maritime Archeology Unit Rasika Muthucumarana, inspecting the site of the Godawaya shipwreck. Source:Dailymirror U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung alongside members of the Central Cultural Fund at the staging site for the conservation work on the Godawaya shipwreck. The Godawaya shipwreck is the oldest known shipwreck in the Asia-Pacific Region The initiative has been funded by the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Funding for the project began in 2022 in effort to study and safeguard the submerged cultural treasure dating back to the 2nd Century B.C The U.S. Embassy in Colombo, in partnership with the Central Cultural Fund’s Maritime Archaeology Unit, has undertaken a significant step in preserving Sri Lanka’s rich maritime history through the conservation and documentation of ...

SRI LANKA – ISLAND OF ISLANDS SRI LANKA: ISLAND OF ISLANDS new book published by the National Trust Sri Lanka, sponsored by Sail Lanka Authors: Shereen Amendra, Maneshka Borham, Shravasti Dhammika, Sarath Ekanayaka, George Cooke, Somasiri Devendra, Sarala Fernando, IUCN Sri Lanka, Hema Goonatilake, Thangamuthu Jayasingam, Sunela Jayawardene, Rasika Muthucumarana, V. Pahalawattarachi, Nishan Perera, Christopher Silva, Thevanayagam Mathiventhan. Principle photographers: Stefan D’ Silva, Luxshmanan Nadaraja, Lalith Ekanayake,Studio Times,Sampath de A. Goonatilake Editorial: Somasiri Devendra, Stefan D’ Silva, Sarala Fernando, Consultant (Scientific) Dr Malik Fernando About the book: This book adds to the existing knowledge on the over 100 offshore small islands around the mainland of Sri Lanka, varying in size from the largest Mannar Island to the smallest Sinigama and Werallaiya. The articles raise many questions of legal, historical, geographical and environmental import especially in the contemporary era of rising concerns over global climate change which will have direct ...