The United Nation's cultural organisation announces its choice of sites for inclusion in its world heritage list this week, ...

Y es, all UNESCO World Heritage sites are special by definition. But only 39 of the more than 1,000 are mixed, meaning that they're noted for both cultural and natural features. That's fewer than ...

India adds 6 new sites to the UNESCO tentative list in 2025—from ancient temples to natural parks—highlighting its cultural ...

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The new entries for the UNESCO World Heritage Site list will be finalised at the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee ...

In 1979, the Committee decided to inscribe the Ohrid Lake on the World Heritage List under natural criteria (iii). In 1980, this property was extended to include the cultural and historical area, and ...

The civilization was known for sophisticated urban centers, ceremonial platforms, cliffside burial structures, and agricultural terraces. The regional chiefdom society also had a distinctive ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants French house music to be added to UNESCO’s intangible heritage list. This ...

UNESCO appoints Indigenous co-chairs to protect languages and knowledge amid climate crisis "A single word like 'X̱maay' ...

Of these, thirty-five are cultural, seven are natural, and one is of mixed heritage. Let’s go through the list of 43 heritage sites and the latest nominations for inclusion in the UNESCO World ...

In December, the tradition was added to the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, after Palestinian representatives nominated it. A worker stacks soap bars at the Touqan soap factory in ...

The World Heritage Committee has this month inscribed 26 new cultural and natural properties to Unesco's World Heritage List, including five in Africa and one in French Polynesia.