T he United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated more than 700 unique ...

Stonehenge and those giant heads on Easter Islands — are enshrined as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. There are nearly 1,200 of them worldwide, places and things that the United Nations Educational ...

Every year since 1978, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has regularly inscribed ...

One ubiquitous example is United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites. In 1959, the Governments of Egypt and Sudan turned to UNESCO for help in ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place with legal protection because of its cultural, historical, scientific or other forms of significance. UNESCO stands for 'United Nations Educational ...

These are just a few of the global destinations given World Heritage status by the United Nations Educational ... which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. The Roman Empire’s largest ...

One year ago this month, the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks became a World Heritage site. Here's how agencies are celebrating ...

Events at Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks locations will celebrate first anniversary of World Heritage site designation ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Friday declared Brazil's Lençóis Maranhenses National Park a World Natural Heritage Site, making it the South ...

American literature, art and music reflect the rich heritage of the country ... force behind institutions such as the United Nations, NATO and the World Bank. The U.S. is culturally and racially ...

Kenya Thursday pledged to safeguard its cultural and heritage sites to foster unity and sustainable development in alignment ...

Great monuments and age-old traditions abound in the Region of Valencia. Discover those that have been listed World Heritage Sites by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...