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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 ...
UNESCO World Heritage Sites are some of the most treasured places on Earth. From ancient cities to natural wonders, they tell ...
The sharp crack of gavel cut through the silence. 'Adopted!' - with the words announced by Nikolay Nenov, chairman of the 47th UNESCO World Heritage Committee, China's Xixia Imperial Tombs' place ...
Activist Tommy Garnett's decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone's Tiwai island -- a lush forest home to one of the ...
Tommy Garnett’s decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone’s Tiwai island—a lush forest home to one of the world’s ...
The inscription came during the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Paris, under the ‘Cultural Landscape’ ...
Port Royal has officially been inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) ...
Mount Kumgang in North Korea is officially a Unesco World Heritage site, the international agency announced Sunday.
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 Xixia Imperial Tombs in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Photo: Courtesy of the National Cultural Heritage ...