The minor benefits of UNESCO membership are outweighed by the consequences of U.S. support for an organization that wrongly ...

Home to Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage site, Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ), AlUla is a rich source of unexplored history, with outstanding natural and cultural ...

Shiraz hosted a two-day expert meeting focused on the potential nomination of historic mosques from 26 Iranian provinces for ...

France's Ministry of Culture on Monday filed an application to have the beaches in Normandy that were the site of the D-Day ...

Korea is set to bid for the opportunity to host the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the largest annual international event on the cultural heritage calendar, for the first time next year, according ...

Bethlehem’s Moravian sites, which span nearly 10 acres and includes nine structures, four ruins and God’s Acre Cemetery, were officially recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee as a ...

A joint mission of the UNESCO World Heritage Center and ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) is on an ...

The grand opening featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony and dedication of the World Heritage Center veranda, a legacy gift from ...

Visitors to the World Heritage Center will learn about the history of the Spanish Missions and the inhabitants of the land ...

World Heritage Sites could and should play a more active role in promoting a vision of global peace, heritage experts at Newcastle University say.

Korea is set to bid for the opportunity to host the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the largest annual international event on the cultural heritage calendar, for the first time next year ...