Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by ...

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 Heritage Committee of UNESCO on Sunday approved the expansion of the world natural heritage site of Phong Nha - Ke ...

UNESCO has officially added the Minoan palace centers of Crete to its World Heritage List, recognizing their global cultural ...

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 ...

The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee opens on Sunday, 6 July 2025, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Over the following 10 days, the Committee will decide which new sites will be ...

The Xixia Imperial Tombs in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Photo: Courtesy of the National Cultural Heritage ...

Port Royal has officially been inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) ...

Bavaria's fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof, have been added to the UNESCO ...

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee holds its 46th session from 21 to 31 July 2024 in New Delhi (India). Among other things, it will examine the proposals of 27 sites for inscription on the World ...

The actions cover the critically endangered vaquita’s Gulf of California habitat in Mexico, the iconic and wildlife-rich Galápagos Islands, the world’s largest tropical wetland in South America, and a ...

A large collection of rock art engravings — depicting animals, plants and human figures — in Western Australia has been ...