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Looking towards the Galle Fort from the Maritime Archaeological Unit on the harbour front, Sept. 2002 - the old 17th century Dutch entrance gateway is hidden from view behind the trees near the centre of the picture. Email that I received today (Dec 30, 2004) from the Director of the Undersea Archaeology Project, Lt-Cmdr. Somasiri Devendra states: "Only the Security people were there but escaped by clinging to trees and making their way inside the fort. But the whole of our site is wiped out."