Browsing: UNESCO

The Egyptologist and former minister of antiquities will be the first Arab to lead the UN’s cultural organisation.The board of…

If Tokyo is Japan’s heart, Kyoto is its soul. Once the imperial capital, the city is home to 1,600 Buddhist…

The National Park Service manages most of the US World Heritage sites, including Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park (pictured above).…

On July 22, the U.S. Department of State announced it would withdraw from UNESCO.  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and…

The privilege of lounging on Monday afternoons is reserved for loafers and lovers. You do not have to take my…

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun | Photo Credit: Reuters China said it regretted on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) the…

A picture taken on Oct. 12, 2017 shows the logo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)…

Orango National Park on the Bijagós Archipelago off of the coast of Guinea-Bissau is a newly designated World Heritage Site.…

Added to the World Heritage list are two prisons: Tuol Sleng and M-13, as well as the execution site Choeung…

Tourists look at portraits of genocide victims in Khmer Rouge regime at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly the most…