Four new African sites entered the UNESCO World Heritage List, bringing the total number to 112. This year, two African ...

All of the new places added to the list this year have “outstanding universal value” and meet at least one out of 10 ...

An iconic World Heritage site is on the bank of an increasingly polluted river.  What's happening? The Yamuna is ...

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 is currently home to 1,248 World Heritage sites across 170 countries, with 44 of these located in India. World ...

South Korea will host its first U.N. World Heritage Convention summit in July 2026 after joining the convention in 1988, ...

One of the world’s biggest assemblages of rock art at Murujuga in Western Australia’s Pilbara has been granted World Heritage ...

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

Inside UNESCO’s modernist headquarters located in Paris, delegates in tailored suits and national dress leaned forward as the ...

The selection includes ancient kingdom complexes and prehistoric rock art sites ...

The collection of ancient rock art becomes the country's second site to receive World Heritage status due to its First ...

The World Heritage List is Created by UNESCO and has over 1,000 historical sites all around the world on it. These sites are said to have a historic and universal value that should be preserved ...