The 46th session of the World Heritage Committee ended on Wednesday in New Delhi, India. The Committee inscribed 24 new cultural and natural properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The session ...

The Taj Mahal, an iconic symbol of love built by Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, is breathtaking during the monsoon. The white marble mausoleum gleams against the backdrop of ...

Germany is full of places that have made history–literally. Fifty-five natural and cultural sites in the country currently ...

On 5 December 2024, managers from the 51 UNESCO World Heritage marine sites convened online with experts from UNESCO and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to share best ...

From remote isles with wildlife wandering freely to scarcely-visited desert kingdoms and ancient tombs long forgotten, some UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world are unfairly overlooked. We ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A local Jordanian Bedouin leads his camels through the desert to Wadi Rum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site featured in movies such as ...

UNESCO recently announced new additions to its list of World Heritage Sites. From a white sand cliff in Denmark to a coastal region in West Africa, the list includes stunning and important ...

Twenty-six sites have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, designating their cultural and natural importance. Locations this year include a sacred mountain in Malawi; petroglyphs in South Korea ...

Xixia Imperial Tombs in China. Image © Rita Willaert via Flikr, unedr license CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains in Cameroon ...

The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee came to a close in Paris with the inscription of 26 new cultural and natural properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Once again this year, the ...