As the United States has withdrawn from UNESCO under President Donald Trump, how will this impact the U.S.'s heritage sites ...

Following an effort two decades in the making, Bethlehem’s historic Moravian Church settlements have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The decision was made early Friday at the World ...

In the early 1970s, the 2,000-year-old ruins of the village of Umm Al-Jimal in northern Jordan were unknown to most of the world. In the summer of 2024, the site became a United Nations Educational, ...

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 ...

Bethlehem will celebrate its UNESCO World Heritage Site designation with a free community block party featuring music, food, and cultural demonstrations on Saturday, Sept. 6 from noon to 7 p.m. The ...

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 UNESCO World Heritage Committee met in Paris this month to add to its list of cultural sites around the world deemed to be of “outstanding value to humanity.” The 26 new sites reflect the wide ...

From a Disney-worthy castle to a field of megalithic structures—32 historically significant sites have just joined the illustrious ranks of UNESCO World Heritage List. Created to recognize and ...

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 ...

Botswana's fertile Okavango Delta is one of the last remaining high-biodiversity ecosystems in the world, home to cheetahs, ...

A new analysis by UNESCO and World Resources Institute (WRI) reveals that 73% of World Heritage sites are highly exposed to water-related hazards, such as drought, water stress, or riverine and ...