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UNESCO World Heritage Sites are some of the most treasured places on Earth. From ancient cities to natural wonders, they tell ...
Nepal's bid to enlist Tilaurakot, the ancient capital of the Shakya kingdom and the palace where Siddhartha Gautam spent his princely life before he became the Buddha, on the UNESCO World Heritage ...
A set of prehistoric rock carvings in southeastern South Korea has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list, the country's ...
From Yellowstone to the Garden of Eden, almost 75% of the world's heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding, U.N. warns.
Three torture and execution sites, including the famous ‘Killing Fields’ Choeung Ek, have been added to the list of heritage ...
India’s Maratha Military Landscapes, including 12 strategic forts of Shivaji Maharaj, are now UNESCO World Heritage Sites, ...
Almost three quarters of the globe’s cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, ...
'In real life, we don’t have time to think,' said Ms Kanokwalee, site manager of Ban Chiang, a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its prehistoric archaeological remains in Thailand’s northeast. 'We ...
Almost three-quarters of the world's cultural and natural heritage sites are under threat from drought or flooding as a ...
Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World ...
Ancient Aboriginal rock art, African sites make UNESCO World Heritage list. UN cultural organisation this week announces its choice of sites to be granted World Heritage status.
Unesco’s World Heritage List lists sites considered important to humanity and includes the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India, and Cambodia’s Angkor ...