UNESCO's World Heritage program designates sites for "outstanding universal value." But any accessibility improvements are ...

The World Heritage List has designated 42 global treasures as UNESCO World Heritage sites. See which ones were added to the list in 2023. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A ...

Here Are UNESCO's Newest World Heritage Sites. Discover which cultural and natural wonders made the prestigious list this year. By National Geographic Staff. July 10, 2017 ...

From the "Tomb Raider Temple" to Dune's alien landscapes, these iconic destinations captured the attention of early ...

The idea for the UNESCO World Heritage list, which now has 1,157 sites, grew out of a project to rescue the monuments of Nubia, which include Abu Simbel, the site of two temples carved into a ...

World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites ...

The UNESCO World Heritage designation helps protect diverse sites of profound importance for future generations. In total, there are 1223 properties on the list spanning nearly 170 nations.

UNESCO’s 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee is going on now in New Delhi, India, and it’s brought the total of new World Heritage Sites up to 24 this ...

In keeping with the UNESCO Director-General’s policy of prioritizing African heritage, 5 new sites on the continent were inscribed on the World Heritage List: the Nelson Mandela memorial sites and the ...

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee added 24 new sites to their list for 2024. From a Scottish bog to a crucial stop for migratory birds in China, we take a look at some of the world’s newest ...