Unesco calls for emergency session to protect Lebanese heritage sites
After a series of Israeli airstrikes, the ancient Phoenician coastal city of Tyre in Lebanon, known for its pristine beaches, ...
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Unesco World Heritage site Petra reopens to tourists after flash flooding
Tourist routes have reopened at the ancient site of Petra in southern Jordan after flash floods engulfed the Unesco world ...
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How the war in Ukraine reveals the heightened politics of Unesco
On 22 November Russia resigned its chairmanship of the World Heritage Committee, citing the impossibility of pursuing its mandate. The ...
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Developers circle as unique industrial building in English Unesco World Heritage site faces closure
A museum in Derwent Valley Mills’ Unesco World Heritage site is set to close following the withdrawal of local authority ...
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