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Australian Aboriginal site gains World Heritage recognition
An Aboriginal settlement older than the pyramids that provides evidence that indigenous Australians developed sophisticated aquaculture thousands of ... Travel and Tourism -
Water system of medieval German city gets World Heritage status
The German city of Augsburg was Saturday granted World Heritage status by UNESCO for its over 800-year-old water management system boasting an ... Travel and Tourism -
UNESCO adds Bahrain burial mounds to World Heritage list
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee voted Saturday to add Bahrain’s Dilmun Burial Mounds to its World Heritage List, praising the tombs for ... Travel and Tourism -
UNESCO lists Iraq’s Babylon as World Heritage Site
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee voted on Friday to list the sprawling Mesopotamian metropolis of Babylon as a World Heritage Site after three ... Art and culture -
Remains of ancient Arab city in Spain gets UNESCO heritage status
The remarkably well-preserved remains of the Caliphate city of Medina Azahara, a medieval Arab Muslim town near the Spanish city of Cordoba, was added ... Travel and Tourism -
PHOTOS: A look at Saudi heritage and UNESCO-registered sites
Saudi Arabia has the largest number of sites registered by UNESCO in the Middle East, according to Dr. Ibrahim Al Balawi, the kingdom’s ... Features -
Macron wants French baguette to get UNESCO heritage status
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday joined calls by bakers for France’s traditional baguette to be recognized as one of the world’s ... Variety -
Can India’s Supreme Court save the world famous Taj Mahal?
One of India’s most revered institutions – the Supreme Court – is proving to be an unflinching friend of the nation’s most ... Features -
Britain’s Lake District named World Heritage site
Britain’s Lake District, an area of wild beauty that beguiled poets and artists from William Wordsworth to Beatrix Potter, was named Sunday as a ... Variety -
Bid to list Kuwait Towers as World Heritage Site
Kuwait first applied to have three iconic towers in the heart of the capital included on the UNESCO world heritage list three years ago Art and culture -
Abu Dhabi meet will ponder on how to protect heritage sites
Nobel laureates urge action as moves are on to set up $100m fund for artefact restoration Middle East -
ISIS destruction of heritage ‘most brutal since WWII’
The world’s only recourse is to try to prevent the sale of looted artifacts, thus cutting off a lucrative stream of income for the militants Middle East -
Saudi rock art now a UNESCO world heritage site
The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO inscribed rock art in the Hail region on the World Heritage List Art and culture -
Saudi Arabia marks World Heritage Day in Tabuk
World Heritage Day is observed globally every year on April 18 and was first celebrated in 1982 Art and culture -
Jeddah Historical Area joins list of U.N. World Heritage sites
The Jeddah Historical Area was declared on Saturday a World Heritage site by UNESCO Travel and Tourism -
Palestinian village Battir joins UNESCO world heritage sites
Battir joined UNESCO's world heritage sites after an emergency nomination meant to try to block Israel from building a barrier across its ancient farmland Travel and Tourism -
Syria tourism minister’s investment bid: ‘some areas are 100% secure’
“The situation in Syria isn’t as the world imagines. There are areas that are 100% secure,” the official said Economy -
UNESCO to weigh listing Palestinian site on World Heritage list
If approved, Battir would be the second site, after the Church of the Nativity, to be registered as being in Palestine Art and culture
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