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Four new African sites entered the UNESCO World Heritage List, bringing the total number to 112. This year, two African ...
All of the new places added to the list this year have “outstanding universal value” and meet at least one out of 10 ...
A total of 26 new sites were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list this year, 21 of which are of cultural importance to ...
The world is currently home to 1,248 World Heritage sites across 170 countries, with 44 of these located in India. World ...
One of the world’s biggest assemblages of rock art at Murujuga in Western Australia’s Pilbara has been granted World Heritage ...
South Korea will host its first U.N. World Heritage Convention summit in July 2026 after joining the convention in 1988, ...
Bavaria's fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof, have been added to the UNESCO ...
Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by ...
The selection includes ancient kingdom complexes and prehistoric rock art sites ...
From Yellowstone to the Garden of Eden, almost 75% of the world's heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding, U.N. warns.
The collection of ancient rock art becomes the country's second site to receive World Heritage status due to its First ...
These are the 26 new Unesco World Heritage sites for 2025 - Bavarian palaces and Cambodian memorial sites were considered ‘of ...