For the first time a study has identified 56 heritage sites on the continent’s coast that are exposed to a one-in-100 year coastal extreme event, flooding and erosion
Are we so in thrall to images of wealth that we would just stand there, agog at the spectacle, and not wonder about all this wasted electricity?
Nathi Mthethwa says UNESCO will be asked to declare Bo-Kaap a world heritage site
Relevant African content and collaboration are key
Lake Turkana’s status as a World Heritage Site has not protected it from environmental threats.
Millions of mostly Indian tourists visit the Taj Mahal every year and their numbers are increasing steadily as domestic travel becomes easier.
The number of heritage sites at risk has grown to 62 from 35 in 2014 — nearly double the number from just three years ago
Japan’s Mount Fuji, known for its perfectly cone-shaped volcano, has been granted World Heritage status, says Unesco.
Mapungubwe National Park’s listing as a World Heritage Site hangs in the balance, writes <b>Fiona Macleod</b>.
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/ 16 November 2010
Unesco declares French cuisine to be a world tangible heritage, creating the first gastronomy entry into the list.
A historic road and prehistoric caves in Mexico were added on Sunday to the prestigious list of World Heritage sites.
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/ 25 February 2009
Prized world heritage site Mapungubwe could soon have the scar of an open-cast coal mine on its doorstep.
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/ 7 September 2008
The deadliest of the many blows suffered by Algiers’s disintegrating old quarter may actually be contemporary.
Cambodia’s prime minister on Tuesday hailed the designation of an 11th-century Hindu temple as a world heritage landmark.